Policy Paper
Accelerating Black Carbon Reduction through EU-China Cooperation

The Challenge & Opportunity: As a short-lived climate pollutant, Black Carbon (BC) is a primary driver of near-term warming and glacier melting with severe health effects, yet it remains a missing link in EU-China climate diplomacy. Unlike CO2, BC's short atmospheric lifetime means mitigation yields immediate results for both climate change and public health. By building on the respective strengths of the EU and China in policymaking, standards setting, monitoring frameworks, and technology deployment, both regions can focus on a very specific and measurable climate warming air pollutant to catalyse rapid synergetic progress in meeting respective climate and air quality objectives.

• Sprache
  Englisch