IISD participates in successful high-level meeting of coalition to reduce short-lived climate pollutants
The International Institute for Sustainable Development has joined other members of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) to urge further action to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, aiming to slow down global warming by up to 0.5°C by 2050.
WINNIPEG—September 4, 2013—The International Institute for Sustainable Development has joined other members of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) to urge further action to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, aiming to slow down global warming by up to 0.5°C by 2050.
Ministers of the environment, CEOs and other senior officials of governments and non-profit organizations met in Oslo yesterday to take stock of the work of the CCAC to date and set out the next steps to tackle pollutants such as black carbon, methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—among the fastest growing chemical agents that have particularly strong impacts on climate.
The CCAC's initiatives are focused on achieving concrete and immediate action to reduce CO2-equivalent emissions across a variety of sectors, while at the same time protecting human health and achieving other development co-benefits.
"It is important that the action of the past year continue and expand," said IISD president Scott Vaughan, who attended the high level meeting. "IISD is committed to supporting actions, including identification of sources of fugitive emissions of methane from the oil and gas sector."
Formed in 2012, the CCAC has grown to 72 partners, including 34 countries and 38 organizations across developed and developing countries. IISD joined the CCAC in late 2012.
See the CCAC's news release for more information and a link to the communique: Climate and Clean Air Coalition High Level Assembly Announces Ambitious Agenda.
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For more information please contact Nona Pelletier, IISD manager, public affairs at npelletier@iisd.ca or +1 204 958 7740 or mobile +1 204 962 1303.
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