SLCP hotspots
Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) typically stay in the atmosphere for a much shorter time than carbon dioxide. However, their warming effect on the atmosphere can be much greater. The main SLCPs behind current global warming are methane, tropospheric ozone, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon. Cutting global SLCP emissions will have a number of rapid benefits. These include reduced warming, both globally and in the Arctic. They also include benefits for human health and agriculture, since many SLCPs are also dangerous pollutants.
Source:
D. Koch and J. Hansen, “Distant origins of Arctic black carbon: A Goddard Institute for Space Studies Model experiment”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005; Measures to reduce emissions of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) in the Nordic countries, Nordic Council of Ministers, 2018; Mitigation of Arctic warming by controlling European black carbon emissions (MACEB), 2013; European Space Agency Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (ESA GHC CCI) Climate Research Data Package (CRDP); O. Cooper et al., Tropospheric ozone and its precursors from the urban to the global scale from air quality to short-lived climate forcer, 2015; International Chamber of Shipping (ICS); IHS Global Insight; World Shipping Council.
Year: 2019
From collection: Global linkages – a graphic look at the changing Arctic (rev.1)
Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz