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New international Climate and Clean Air Coalition to focus on reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

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The founding coalition partners are Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, together with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). A substantial part of these cuts can be done at little or no net cost. Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone: Summary for Decision Makers.

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EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

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Part of the absorbed energy is converted into infrared radiation that is emitted into the atmosphere and back into space. Most of this infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere, but some is absorbed by GHG molecules like CO 2 , methane, ozone and others. Earlier post.).

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