CONTROLLING SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS

The document discusses the launch and objectives of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC), based on UNEP and WMO assessments. It highlights 16 existing technological measures to reduce methane and black carbon that could lower global warming by 0.5C by 2050 and prevent millions of premature deaths. The text emphasizes that SLCP reduction is a development issue that complements long-term CO2 targets and focuses on practical implementation through national action planning and international collaboration.

• Implementing 16 specific measures focused on methane and black carbon using existing technologies could reduce global warming by 0.5C between now and 2050.
• The reduction of SLCPs offers significant health and agricultural benefits, including the potential to avoid 2.4 million premature deaths annually by 2030 and crop yield losses of 32 million tonnes per year for wheat, rice, maize, and soya beans.
• SLCP reductions are a near-term strategy (20-40 years) that must complement, rather than replace, deep cuts in carbon dioxide to meet long-term climate goals and keep temperature increases under 2C.
• The 16 identified measures are integrated into global development agendas, with half of the emissions potentially reducible at zero net cost over the lifetime of the measure.
• The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) focuses on priority areas including national action planning, financing, and targeting specific sectors such as diesel engines, brick kilns, waste, and the oil and gas industry.

APA

Kuylenstierna, J. C. I. (n.d.). CONTROLLING SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-Pub-2339-ClimateAction2012Magazine_LR_UKAmends_-_pages36-39.pdf

Chicago

Kuylenstierna, Johan C I. CONTROLLING SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS. Stockholm Environment Institute, n.d. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-Pub-2339-ClimateAction2012Magazine_LR_UKAmends_-_pages36-39.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{kuylenstiernandcontrolling, author = {Kuylenstierna, Johan C I}, title = {{CONTROLLING SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-Pub-2339-ClimateAction2012Magazine_LR_UKAmends_-_pages36-39.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }