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Short-lived Climate Pollutants: a Closer Look into Near- and Long-term Benefits from their Reduction

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  • Elisa Calliari

    (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Centro Euro-mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

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According to several commenters, the encouraging figures included in the recently released Chinese Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) should be regarded as the latest battle in the “pollution war” – using the words by Premier Li Keqiang- declared by China in recent years. Protecting climate would be mainly driven by the national interest in reducing the toxic air pollution levels resulting from the rapid coal-driven economic growth and safeguarding public health, food, water and energy supply. It is widely acknowledged that acting on the so-called Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) can both provide important climate and societal benefits in the near-term. In this article, we review the most recent literature on SLCPs mitigation by focusing especially on its implication for achieving the 2°C target, and with the aim of complementing and directing policy debate accordingly with the latest scientific evidence.

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  • Elisa Calliari, 2015. "Short-lived Climate Pollutants: a Closer Look into Near- and Long-term Benefits from their Reduction," Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:fem:femre3:2015.09-01
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    Keywords

    Short-Lived Climate Pollutants; Climate Change Mitigation; Air Pollution; Co-benefits;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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