WHO wants fast action plan for climate change
A new WHO report has called for an urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane — as well as carbon dioxide — which all contribute to climate change. Frequently described as...
View ArticleFor first time, WHO calls for urgent action to check climate change
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to avoid climate change by reducing emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane as well as carbon dioxide. This is the first
View ArticlePremature deaths attributed to source-specific BC emissions in six urban US...
Recent studies have shown that exposure to particulate black carbon (BC) has significant adverse health effects and may be more detrimental to human health than exposure to PM2.5 as a whole. Mobile
View ArticleAMAP Assessment 2015: black carbon and ozone as Arctic climate forcers
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), one of the six Working Groups of the Arctic Council, has released its assessment report on black carbon and ozone as Arctic climate forcers, which
View ArticleMutagenicity and pollutant emission factors of solid fuel cookstoves:...
Emissions from solid fuels used for cooking cause ~4 million premature deaths per year. Advanced solid-fuel cookstoves are a potential solution, but they should be assessed by appropriate performance
View ArticleLight absorption and morphological properties of soot-containing aerosols...
The coating of black carbon (BC) with inorganic salts and organic compounds can enhance the magnitude of light absorption by BC. To elucidate the enhancement of light absorption of aged BC particles
View ArticleThe contribution of China’s emissions to global climate forcing
Using a global coupled biogeochemistry–climate model and a chemistry and transport model reveals that China’s present-day global radiative forcing is about ten per cent of the current global total, made
View ArticleMarkedly enhanced absorption and direct radiative forcing of black carbon...
Although black carbon (BC) represents a key short-lived climate forcer, its direct radiative forcing remains highly uncertain. The available results from available studies of absorption enhancement
View ArticleNew use of global warming potentials to compare cumulative and short-lived...
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have requested guidance on common greenhouse gas metrics in accounting for Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to...
View ArticleUttarakhand forest fires could melt glaciers faster, say experts
NAINITAL: Raging forest fires in Uttarakhand could have a devastating effect on the state's glaciers which are the lifeline of the major rivers flowing through India's northern plains. According to
View ArticleIntegrated assessment of short-lived climate pollutants in Latin America and...
Efforts to reduce dangerous air and climate pollutants by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries could reap immediate and long-term benefits for health, food security and the climate according to
View ArticleSimulation of aerosol fields over South Asia using CHIMERE – part-I:...
In order to understand the regional climate implications of aerosols over Indo Gangetic Plains (IGP), a major Indo-US field experiment, Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX) was conducted during 2011–
View ArticleSimulation of aerosol fields over South Asia using CHIMERE – part-II:...
In this paper, we evaluate the performance of the chemical transport model ‘CHIMERE’ over large Indian region (4–37.5°N; 67–88.5°E) for multiple years (2006, 2007 and
View ArticleIndia heavy-duty fleet modernization program: a scrappage program combined...
The maximum benefits of a fleet modernization program can be achieved by conducting a subsidized scrappage program along with early adoption of BS VI standards starting as soon as 2019. Despite the fact
View ArticleWest Africa: Ecowas Countries May Adopt Low Sulphur Fuel By 2020
Indications have emerged that ECOWAS countries may have started considering taking a giant stride to adopt the issues of regional harmonized low sulphur fuels by 2020. This came to fore last week in
View ArticleHousehold fuels exceed power plants and cars as source of smog in Beijing
Beijing and surrounding areas of China often suffer from choking smog. The Chinese government has made commitments to improving air quality and has achieved notable results in reducing emissions from the
View ArticleNorth American climate, clean energy, and environment partnership action plan
The North American Climate, Energy, and Environment Partnership was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Barack Obama, and President Enrique Peña Nieto on June 29, 2016, at the North...
View ArticleMutagenicity and pollutant emission factors of solid-fuel cookstoves:...
Emissions from solid fuels used for cooking cause ~4 million premature deaths per year. Advanced solid-fuel cookstoves are a potential solution, but they should be assessed by appropriate performance
View ArticleEuropean Union emission inventory report 1990–2014 under the UNECE Convention...
This document is the annual European Union (EU) emission inventory report to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The
View ArticleSpring-time enhancement in aerosol burden over a high-altitude location in...
Long-term measurements (from August 2009 to December 2014) of aerosol black carbon mass concentration (MBC) and spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD) were carried out from a high-altitude location, Hanle
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