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Clearing Up the Smoke: Untapping the Potential of Tailored Clean Cooking Programs in Latin America

… challenges we face today is the reduction of black carbon production. Examples of initiatives to … on vehicles, removing vehicles with high emissions from circulation, and restricting the …
Reports, Case Studies & Assessments
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Indonesia: Toward Universal Access to Clean Cooking

… fuels and more efficient cookstoves, such emissions could be reduced. Implementing clean … aid (OBA), conditional cash transfers, carbon finance, and advance market commitments. … benefit from fewer carbon emissions and less black carbon due to the burning of solid fuels. …
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Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales

… of inorganic ions, carbonaceous compounds (black and organic carbon, including secondary organic aerosol), … and mineral dust. Sources include direct emissions such as forest fires and agricultural …
Scientific publications
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A global review of the state of the evidence of household air pollution’s contribution to ambient fine particulate matter and their related health impacts

… what sources emit what pollutants; how those emissions impact people and the environment; … Primary emissions, like soot and organic carbon from solid fuel combustion, are so high … organic carbon, primary organic carbon, and black carbon emissions and found that HAP’s …
Scientific publications
SECTORAL GUIDANCE

AQMx Sectoral Guidance: Expanding Access to E-Cooking

… instant wins: saving lives, lowering emissions, and opening new opportunities for … levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), black carbon (BC), methane (CH4), carbon monoxide … levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), black carbon (BC), methane (CH4), carbon
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Towards Creating Open Burning Free (OBF) Cities in India

… called Garbage Vulnerable Points (GVPs) or "black spots," as municipal officials refer to … concerns about dioxin and particulate matter emissions. A fine of ₹14.92 crore was imposed … has 28 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. The net annual emission of …
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Waste Picker Integration Guideline for South Africa

… towards a just transition to a low carbon economy as outlined in the National … is profoundly racialised, with impoverished black people creating their own jobs and … sector in Delhi reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 962 133 metric tonnes of carbon
Guidelines, Tools & Models
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Scoping of Funders to Eliminate Open Burning of Solid Waste

… of national and local governments to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants … Caribbean. Additionally, UN Habitat provides emissions estimates for Africa and Latin … towards greenhouse gas emissions, notably black carbon, which has a warming potential up …
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Nexus of Air Pollution, Climate Change and Waste: Policy Gaps of Open Waste Burning in Selected Asian Countries

… Technology Keywords: Air Pollution, Black Carbon, Open Waste Burning, Policy Analysis, … control. Therefore, the toxicity of the emissions is higher compared to industrial …
Scientific publications
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Air Quality Implications of Transport Biofuel Consumption

… and physical characteristics on tailpipe emissions is greatly reduced. For vehicles that comply with the latest emissions standards, most tailpipe air pollutant emissions reach very low levels regardless of …
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