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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

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Black carbon has been found to be second to carbon dioxide in terms of its climate forcing. Black carbon is 3,200 times more effective on a mass-equivalent basis than carbon dioxide in causing climate impacts within 20 years, and 900 times more effective within 100 years. Source: Minjares et al., data from Facanha et al. Earlier post.)

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