Participation in the CLRTAP and its protocols

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) played an important role in raising public awareness of acid rain in Europe and in lobbying governments to 

The European Commission, the European Councii of Environmentai Ministers, the European Parliament and the European Environment Agency 

Since the late 1980s, acid rain politics has been a matter taken up increasingly aggressively by the European Communities, the pillar of the European Union that addresses economic and environmental cooperation. The European Council of Environmental Ministers and the European Commission have come to play increasingly important roles in shaping acid rain policy measures in Europe. The European Council of Environmental Ministers brings together the environmental ministers of the member states to set the 

In addition, a separate European Environment Agency (EEA), located in Copenhagen, that includes all of the members of the EU plus several other countries that cooperate closely with the EU economically, such as Norway and Switzerland, has the role of information gathering and dissemination related to acid rain and other European environmental problems. Many of the reports assessing the progress of Europe in meeting its acid rain goals have been conducted by the EE A. 

Scandinavian Sounds the Warning Beiis on Acid Rain 

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