Climate policy for short- and long-lived pollutants

Lukas P. Fesenfeld (), Tobias S. Schmidt and Alexander Schrode
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Lukas P. Fesenfeld: Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
Tobias S. Schmidt: Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
Alexander Schrode: NAHhaft Institute

Nature Climate Change, 2018, vol. 8, issue 11, 933-936

Abstract: The current focus on the long-term global warming potential in climate policy-making runs the risk of mitigation options for short-lived climate pollutants being ignored, and tipping points being crossed. We outline how a more balanced perspective on long- and short-lived climate pollutants could become politically feasible.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0328-1

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