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UNEP study: small number of measures targeting black carbon and tropospheric ozone could yield immediate climate benefits

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Global benefits from full implementation of the identified measures in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. Full implementation of these measures would reduce future global warming by 0.5 °C Click to enlarge.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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No environmental credits were awarded for the secondary raw material obtained from the recycling process; this corresponds to a worst case assumption, since in reality secondary raw material from vehicle recycling can generally be returned to the global production cycle. ozone depletion potential (ODP). TSI (rounded values).

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