Events

Date: August 23rd and 24th, 2016
Venue: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Japan

This workshop is part of the regional activities for the “Towards INMS” project. The project has a
global focus and aims to better understand reactive nitrogen issues, suggest relevant and effective
management options at global and regional level, and lead the way for a future science-policy
support process for nitrogen. Before the formal project start date of the INMS project, this
workshop aims to share the current state of research on nitrogen issues in East Asia and develop
collaborations among INMS members in China and Japan.

An INMS Demonstration Region Meeting was held in St. Johann, Albersweiler, Germany, on the afternoon of March 27th, 2015. The aims of the meeting were to:

• Provide an update on the INMS project
• Refine the common approach of the INMS demonstration regions.
• Discuss financing options and co-financing approaches
• Explore relationships and integration within each regional demonstration region.

This meeting was held after the end of the 2nd BASF ‘Fireside Chat’ Nitrogen workshop, benefiting from that other meeting as an opportunity for INMS key regional demonstration partners to meet. This also allowed the INMS Demonstration Region Meeting participants to build on the proceeding meeting, discussing emerging issues in nitrogen management and how they differ regionally.

Minutes from the INMS Regional Demnonstration meeting can be found here.

Outcomes from the BASF workshop also led to a paper 'Developing a global perspective on improving agricultural nitrogen use.', which was published in the Journal of Environmental Development. The paper can be downloaded here.

A workshop to discuss the potential Integrated Assessment Modelling needs of a future 'Integrated Nitrogen Management System' was held on the 5th of May.

This meeting was followed by a two day meeting of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling, of the UNECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution.

Further information on the meeting, can be found at the following link.

A meeting for all partners (and other interested organisations and parties) was held in Lisbon, Portugal, 27th-28th April, 2015.

The Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen of the UNECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution met on the 29th and 30th April, following the INMS meeting, this was also held in Lisbon. For further information on this meeting, please visit www.clrtap-tfrn.org.

Time: Saturday 3rd December (10:00 to 17:00) and

Sunday 4th December (09:00 to 13:00)

Place: Melbourne Cricket Club, Melbourne Victoria Australia.

Same Venue as INI 2016 conference.

The “Towards INMS” proposal for a full-sized GEF grant has now developed and is undergoing its final
review and endorsement stages. In principle, this means that the project may be ready to start towards the
end of 2016. This will be a four year endeavour that among other things:

1. Delivers a global assessment of nitrogen threats and benefits and opportunities for improving nitrogen management, including case studies for each of the main world regions.
2. A forward look of what will happen if the nitrogen problem is ignored.
3. Guidance on joining up mitigation and adaptation options and strategies, linked to circular economy and green economy thinking.
4. A platform for better cooperation across nitrogen science and policy domains, helping to overcome the barriers.

The workshop will bring existing INMS partners and others interested in joining the process together to update on current development of the project. If the project has already started by this point, then it will serve to support the work on the project  inception phase. This will include mapping out responsibilities and contributions in more detail in order to refine the Towards INMS work plan

Sessions:

1) Review of INMS progress and current status and goals

2) Refining contributions to the INMS process and timing of activities

3) (Provisionally, based on INMS start) discussion on the work plan and inception report, by the ‘Towards INMS’ General Assembly

4) Next steps in Towards INMS engagement with the Nitrogen Policy Arena

Please register your interest in attending the INMS workshop by completing the online registration form on
the INI2016 website www.ini2016.com/registration.