Model assessment of environmental pollution with toxic substances
Meteorological Synthesizing Centre /East (MSC-E) is an International Research Centre hosted by the Department of Environmental Sciences at the Jožef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Responsible for model assessment of environmental pollution with heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants for the EMEP Programme of the UNECE Air Convention.
Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI)
European Monitoring and Assessment Programme (EMEP)
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (Air Convention)
Events
12th Joint session of EMEP Steering Body and WGE
The 12th Joint Session of the EMEP Steering Body and the Working Group on Effects (WGE) took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 14 to 17 September 2026. At the session, the meeting reviewed and endorsed the main scientific results and reports produced by EMEP and the WGE in 2026 and provided [...]
EGU General Assembly 2026
The European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly, which presents is the largest gathering of experts in the geophysical sciences in Europe, was held in Vienna, Austria, from 3 to 8 of May 2026. Experts from the Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – East (MSC-E), participated in the international conference that welcomed 22,497 registered [...]
The 27th annual meeting of the Task Force on Measurements and Modelling (TFMM)
The 27th annual meeting of the Task Force on Measurements and Modelling (TFMM) under the EMEP programme took place in Bled, Slovenia, from 28–29 April 2026. The meeting was hosted by the Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – East (MSC-E) in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Sciences at the Jožef Stefan Institute [...]
Information on pollution levels
MSC-E conducts operational modelling of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) contamination and their transboundary transport across countries. Annual status and changes of the pollution are provided through pollution maps, temporal trends, and estimates of transboundary pollution.
Latest Publication
Transboundary pollution by heavy metals and POPs. Joint MSC-E, CCC and CEIP Report
Co-operation with international organizations and programmes
MSC-E collaborates with various international organisations and programmes to enhance research and assessment approaches used by the Centre and to disseminate the scientific knowledge gained through the Air Convention. These international bodies include the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the Stockholm Convention on POPs, the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM), the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR), the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), and others.
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Minamata Convention
Stockholm Convention
Stockholm Convention
Helcom
HELCOM
Ospar
OSPAR
Amap
AMAP