This report addresses the mitigation of short-lived
climate forcers (SLCFs) and its key role in air pollution
reduction, climate protection and sustainable
development. SLCFs are substances in the atmosphere
that contribute to global warming and have relatively
short lifetimes in the atmosphere. The focus is on three
SLCFs – black carbon, tropospheric ozone and methane
– because reducing them will provide significant benefits
through improved air quality and a slowing of near-term
climate change.