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A World of Waste: Risks and opportunities in household waste management

… landfill, a far stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide13. Reducing overconsumption and … — increase. Open burning of waste releases black carbon into the atmosphere, a key driver of global warming38. In addition to black carbon, open burning also releases …
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Air Quality Warning and Integrated Decision Support System for Emissions (AIRWISE): Enhancing Air Quality Management in Megacities

… data. The various colored lines (excluding black) represent forecasted PM2.5 … Fig. 5. Time series of hourly mean observed (black solid line) and forecasted (in other … R. Nanjundiah, 2019: Simula- tions of black carbon over the Indian region: Improvements and …
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Women and crop residue burning in Nepal

… winter fog. It is a primary source of black carbon in Nepal. It contributes to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which can …
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Directive 2016/2284/EU on National Emission Ceilings (NEC Directive)

… promotes the reduction of emissions of black carbon and calls for the collection and … to or less than 2,5 micrometres (μm); (9) ‘black carbon’ or ‘BC’ means carbonaceous …
Action Plans, Standards, Legislation and Agreements
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Identifying the Main Sources of Air Pollution in Jakarta: A Source Apportionment Study - Technical Brief

… components were detected. Specifically, black carbon (BC), 11 metal elements, and five ions … from Teflon filters; whereas organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) were …
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Impact of Crop Residue Burning on Soil Properties, Microbial Activity, and CO2 Emissions

… it leads to the volatilization of organic carbon and nitrogen, causing substantial … disrupts biogeochemical processes such as carbon and nitrogen Wiley Applied and … nitrogen were quantifed through the Walkley–Black method and the micro- Kjeldahl method, …
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Air pollution and the world of work Policies, initiatives and the current situation – a scoping and evidence review for Southeast and East Asia

… context of just transitions towards a low-carbon economy. Following an introduction to … context of just transitions towards a low-carbon economy. Following an introduction to … for workers producing and packaging carbon black (Dai et al., 2016), and polycyclic …
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Air pollution and the world of work: policies, initiatives and the current situation – a scoping and evidence review for Southeast and East Asia

… context of just transitions towards a low-carbon economy. Resource Reports, Case Studies … context of just transitions towards a low-carbon economy. Following an introduction to … for workers producing and packaging carbon black (Dai et al., 2016), and polycyclic …
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Air Quality Implications of Transport Biofuel Consumption

… This grouping includes ultrafine particles, black carbon and associated compounds, e.g. … that can also damage human health include carbon monoxide (CO) and products formed from …
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User Insights Lab - Overview

… primarily from health costs. Over 50% of black carbon emissions come from burning solid fuels … clean cooking industry is taking off, with carbon finance driving investment to a record …
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