TFRN-6

The sixth meeting of the Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen was held from the 11th-12th May, in Rome, Italy. The Expert Panel on Nitrogen and Food (EPNF) and the Expert Panel on Mitigating Agricultrual Nitrogen (EPMAN) met on the precceding day, the 10th May.

Presentations

Presentations from the meeting can be found on this page.

Documents

EPMAN

• Agenda

EPNF

• Agenda

TFRN-6

• Agenda
• Participant List
• Co-chairs report
• WGSR-47 Report
• TFRN-5 Co-chairs report
• TFRN-5 - Draft revision of Annex IX

Background Documents and Information

Session 2: European Nitrogen Assessment

The outcomes of the ENA will be discussed during the TFRN-6 meeting. The following summaries and chapters may be of interest to those attending. All 26 chapters of the assessment and the summaries are also available for free download  - see link below.

• Summary for Policymakers
• Technical Summary
• Chapter 4: Nitrogen in current European policies
• Chapter 25: Co-ordindating European nitrogen policies between international conventions and intergovernmental organisations
• Chapter 26: Societal choice and communicating the European nitrogen challenge
• Weblink to download all chapters of the ENA

'The Protein Puzzle' The consumption and production of meat, dairy and fish in the European Union - Report by PBL Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency

• Findings ( 36pp)
• Full Report (221pp)     

 Tuesday, 10th of May:  EPMAN panel meeting (~9:00 - 17:00) EPNF panel meeting (~12:00 - 17:00)

 Wednesday & Thursday, 11/12th of May: TFRN-6 (~9:00 - 17:00)

 **Update to previous version.

More information regarding agenda and background documents, will be added in due course.

Please note that you will need to book your own accommodation. Further information regarding the venue and local hotels, is given below.

INFO ABOUT VENUE OF THE MEETING, HOTELS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Venue of the Meeting:

The meeting will take place at the ENEA headquarters, in Rome, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76. The adjacent Piazza Antonio Mancini is achievable by a large number of bus lines.

In particular, the tram line 2 connects Piazzale Flaminio (subway Line A, red line) with Piazza Antonio Mancini.

Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76

Public Transport

All the information and connections can be found at http://www.atac.roma.it

Airport Connections

In Rome, there are two airports: The Leonardo Da Vinci Airport (Fiumicino) and the G.B. Pastine Airport (Ciampino).

To reach the city centre of Rome from the Fiumicino airport:

1) TRAIN LEONARDO EXPRESS

Direct train (no-stop) from the airport to the Main Railway Station Termini (connections with Subway Lines A and B, about 30 min Ticket 14,00 Euro)

For timetable see: http://www.adr.it/

2) Local Train FR1 (To Fara Sabina) (ticket 8,00 Euros)

FR1 connects the FCO Airport with the Railway stations Trastevere, Ostiense, Tuscolana, Tiburtina. Connections with Subway Line B (blue line) at Ostiense and Tiburtina Stations

For timetable see : http://www.adr.it

3) It is available a taxi service to Rome. The cost of the service is around 60 euro, baggage included.

To reach the city centre of Rome from the Ciampino airport:

1) The nearest rail station to Ciampino airport is Ciampino Città, connected to the airport by the buses COTRAL/SCHIAFFINI every 30 minutes. The travelling time is about 5 minutes. Tickets, sold in the bus and on the ground, cost 1 euro.

A light metro connects Ciampino railway station to Termini railway station with an average time of 15 minutes.

 2) It is available a taxi service to Rome. The cost of the service is around 40 euro, baggage included.

Hotels

In the following, a list of recommended hotels is reported.  

Since, many tourists are in Rome in any period of the year it is suggested that you contact the hotel for reservations, as soon as possible.

The location of the hotels is such that the venue of the meeting is easily reachable by public transportation, even in the case they are far from the meeting venue, and at the same time they are close to cultural and artistical points of interest. The Red Letter M indicates the closest subway station on the maps.