{
  "node_id": "lrtap-convention-1979-transboundary-air-pollution",
  "title": "LRTAP Convention 1979 - Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution",
  "domain": "Sustainability & ESG",
  "version": "1.0.1",
  "last_updated": "2026-04-30",
  "bluf": "The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP, 1979 - 51 Parties, UNECE region, entered into force 1983) and its eight Protocols - most critically the revised Gothenburg Protocol (2012) setting binding 2020 national emission reduction commitments for SO2, NOx, NH3, NMVOCs, and PM2.5 - impose quantified air pollutant emission ceilings and technology-based emission limit values on major industrial sources in UNECE Parties; industrial operators running combustion plants, chemical facilities, agricultural operations, and road transport fleets must comply with national legislation implementing LRTAP Gothenburg Protocol ceilings, and corporate ESG reporters must disclose air pollutant emissions under CSRD ESRS E2 (pollution) with reference to the Gothenburg Protocol benchmarks that drive EU NEC Directive 2016/2284 national ceilings.",
  "paywall": {
    "status": "LOCKED",
    "unlock_cost_usd": "0.01",
    "skyfire_id": "41779894-ece2-4163-9761-b3b1b76e19b0"
  },
  "crosswalks": {
    "_available_keys": [
      "iso_standard",
      "eu_regulation",
      "us_equivalent",
      "global_treaty"
    ],
    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    "aarhus-convention-1998-environmental-access",
    "un-paris-agreement-ndc-implementation-guidelines",
    "eu-csrd-2022-2464",
    "un-cbd-kunming-montreal-gbf-2022"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 7
}