Short-Lived Climate Pollutants and the Economic Recovery

The document argues that integrating the mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)—including methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons, and tropospheric ozone—into economic recovery plans allows governments to simultaneously achieve immediate economic stability and long-term climate and public health goals. It focuses on the energy, agriculture, transport, and waste sectors as primary sources of these emissions and targets public policymakers to encourage the use of both immediate stimulus and long-term transformational policies to drive this recovery.

• Governments are incorporating the mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) into economic recovery plans for the waste, transport, agriculture, and energy sectors to address both immediate economic needs and long-term health and climate objectives.
• Short-lived climate pollutants, specifically methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons, and ground-level (tropospheric) ozone, significantly impact global temperature increases and act as damaging air pollutants.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Short-Lived Climate Pollutants and the Economic Recovery. https://www.wri.org/research/short-lived-climate-pollutants-and-economic-recovery

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Short-Lived Climate Pollutants and the Economic Recovery. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/short-lived-climate-pollutants-and-economic-recovery.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendshortlived, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Short-Lived Climate Pollutants and the Economic Recovery}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/short-lived-climate-pollutants-and-economic-recovery}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }