INTOSAI – Working Group on Environmental Auditing

 

Audits by Issue: Acid precipitation

 

Types of audits

Main audit objectives

Year Country Title Issue Type Main Audit Objective Report Summary Report Full Text Joint Audit Produced By
2008 Canada Annual Report on Environmental Petitions Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Climate change, Air: Indoor air quality, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Air: Other air issues, Air: Toxic air pollutants, such as organic POPs, dioxins, furans, Ecosystems: Biodiversity, Ecosystems: Coastal areas, Ecosystems: Ecosystem management and ecosystem changes, Ecosystems: Other ecosystem issues, Ecosystems: Protected areas and natural parks, Ecosystems: Protection of marine habitat, Ecosystems: Rivers and lakes, Ecosystems: Species at risk, Ecosystems: Wetlands, Governance: Domestic funds and subsidies, Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Governance: Environmental management system, Governance: Government greening operations, Governance: Other governance issues, Governance: Sustainable development, Human activities and sectors: Chemicals management, Human activities and sectors: Energy and energy efficiency, Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Human activities and sectors: Infrastructure, Human activities and sectors: Land development, Human activities and sectors: Natural disaster management: preparedness responses, Human activities and sectors: Other human activities/sectors, Human activities and sectors: Pesticides, Human activities and sectors: Urban environment quality (sustainability), Natural resources: Fisheries (freshwater and marine), Natural resources: Forestry and timber resources, Natural resources: Minerals, such as mining, gas, oil, Natural resources: Other natural resources issues, Other: Other issues, Waste: Contaminated sites and soil pollution, Waste: General waste, Waste: Hazardous waste, Waste: Municipal, solid, non-hazardous waste, Waste: Other waste issues, Waste: Radioactive waste, Water: Acidification, Water: Drinking water - quality and supply, Water: Marine pollution, Water: Other water issues, Water: Pollution of water bodies (such as by industry and agriculture), Water: Wastewater treatment, Water: Water quantity management or management of watersheds 0 5 English (879 kB)
French (926 kB)
2008 Ecuador Audit follow-up to the recommendations of the audit of management practice Environmental Management North Zonal Metropolitan District of Quito, in the granting of permits for the industry, which is considered in the operation of the Old Town Campus Avicola Parish Guayllabamba Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Air: Other air issues, Air: Toxic air pollutants, such as organic POPs, dioxins, furans, Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Governance: Environmental management system, Governance: Other governance issues, Governance: Sustainable development, Human activities and sectors: Chemicals management, Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Human activities and sectors: Other human activities/sectors, Human activities and sectors: Transportation, traffic, mobility, Human activities and sectors: Urban environment quality (sustainability), Natural resources: Minerals, such as mining, gas, oil, Natural resources: Other natural resources issues, Waste: General waste, Waste: Hazardous waste, Waste: Other waste issues, Water: Pollution of water bodies (such as by industry and agriculture) 2 , 3 3 , 4 , 5 Spanish Spanish
2008 China Audit over the application, management and effects of the special funds for Coal-Burning Boilers’ alternative clean energies Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Climate change, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2 1 , 2 , 3 1 , 4 English (123 kB)
2008 Austria Coordinated audit of air and ozone layer protection and implementation of related international agreements Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Climate change, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Air: Other air issues, Air: Stratospheric ozone layer depletion, Air: Toxic air pollutants, such as organic POPs, dioxins, furans 2 , 3 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 Czech (130 kB)
German (119 kB)
Slovak (49 kB)
Slovenian (48 kB)
English (1.2 MB) Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Czech Republic
2008 China Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction Audit Investigation of Central Enterprises Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Governance: Domestic funds and subsidies, Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Human activities and sectors: Chemicals management, Human activities and sectors: Energy and energy efficiency 1 , 2 , 3 1 , 3 , 4
2008 Ecuador Environmental Audit of Various Aspects of the Projects and Programs Corpaire Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Air: Other air issues, Air: Toxic air pollutants, such as organic POPs, dioxins, furans, Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Governance: Environmental management system, Governance: Other governance issues, Governance: Sustainable development, Human activities and sectors: Chemicals management, Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Human activities and sectors: Other human activities/sectors, Human activities and sectors: Transportation, traffic, mobility, Human activities and sectors: Urban environment quality (sustainability), Natural resources: Minerals, such as mining, gas, oil, Natural resources: Other natural resources issues, Waste: Hazardous waste, Waste: Other waste issues, Water: Acidification 2 , 3 3 , 4 , 5 Spanish Spanish
2008 China Research upon the Causal Relation between Financial Input for Exhaust Gas Treatment in Controlled Key Enterprise “X” and the Improvement of Air Quality Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Governance: Environmental impact assessment 3 4 , 6 English (143 kB)
2008 Netherlands Sustainable intensive livestock farming Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Governance: Domestic funds and subsidies, Governance: Environmental management system, Human activities and sectors: Agriculture, Water: Pollution of water bodies (such as by industry and agriculture) 2 , 3 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 Dutch
2006 Ecuador Special examination of environmental controls to the conversion of solid waste, of the company of generation Termo Eléctrica Guayas S.A. and the analysis and evaluation of the degree of compliance of the environmental legislation in the operation and maintenance of TERMOELECTRIC Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Ecosystems: Coastal areas, Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Governance: Environmental management system, Governance: Government greening operations, Governance: Sustainable development, Human activities and sectors: Infrastructure, Waste: Contaminated sites and soil pollution, Waste: General waste, Water: Acidification, Water: Pollution of water bodies (such as by industry and agriculture), Water: Wastewater treatment 2 , 3 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Spanish (173 kB) Spanish (525 kB)
2005 Russian Federation Audit of Observance of Environmental Protection Legislation, Allocations of Financial Funds to Environmental Protection Activities in Cheliabinsk and Sverdlovsk Regions. Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Governance: Environmental management system, Natural resources: Minerals, such as mining, gas, oil, Waste: General waste, Waste: Hazardous waste, Water: Pollution of water bodies (such as by industry and agriculture) 1 , 3 1 , 3 , 4 , 7 Russian Russian
2004 Canada CESD - Chapter 1 - International Environmental Agreements Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Air: Stratospheric ozone layer depletion, Ecosystems: Wetlands, Natural resources: Fisheries (freshwater and marine), Water: Marine pollution 2 , 3 2 , 5 English
French
English (790 kB)
French (728 kB)
2004 Argentina Management of all Aspects of Air Pollution, Noise and Parasitic Radiation from New Passenger and Freight Motor Vehicles Air: Acid precipitation, Air: Climate change, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Air: Other air issues, Air: Stratospheric ozone layer depletion, Air: Toxic air pollutants, such as organic POPs, dioxins, furans, Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Human activities and sectors: Urban environment quality (sustainability), Other: Other issues 2 , 3 3 Spanish