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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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The climate change benefit is estimated for 2050 and human health and crop benefits are for 2030 and beyond. Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. Click to enlarge. Both near-term and long-term strategies are essential, the report concludes.

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

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ozone depletion potential (ODP). photochemical ozone creation potential. REDD+ is a specific implementation of a climate change mitigation solution of the UN-REDD Programme. Click to enlarge. acidification potential. global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP).

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