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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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Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. Reducing black carbon and tropospheric ozone now will slow the rate of climate change within the first half of this century, the study said.

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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. Click to enlarge. A total of five environmental impact categories were identified as relevant and were then assessed in the study: eutrophication potential (EP). acidification potential. global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP).

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