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

Elisa Calliari
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Elisa Calliari: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Centro Euro-mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3, 2015

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Short-Lived Climate Pollutants; Climate Change Mitigation; Air Pollution; Co-benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q24 Q25 Q28 Q40 Q42 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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