Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants is a unique initiative of G20 group of countries;
The CCAC focuses on methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
The correct answer is 2 only.
Climatic and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
In 2012, the governments of Bangladesh, Mexico, Sweden, Ghana, Canada, and the United States joined forces with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to launch efforts to treat short-lived climate pollutants as a collective and urgent challenge.
They formed the Climate & Clean Air Coalition to advocate for immediate action on climate change, food security, public health, and energy efficiency. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
Following carbon dioxide, the most significant contributors to the man-made global greenhouse effect are short-lived climate pollutants such as methane, tropospheric ozone, black carbon, and hydrofluorocarbons. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
They contribute up to 45% of current global warming.
If no action is taken to reduce emissions of these pollutants, they are expected tocause half of the warming by human activity.
