How cleaner air changes the climate

Published 16.04.2018

Aerosols have a strong influence on the present climate, but this influence will likely be reduced over the coming decades as air pollution measures are implemented around the world, writes Bjørn Hallvard Samset in a commentary in Science.  

At a global level, aerosols have helped to reduce the warming effect from greenhouse gas emissions, and necessary reductions in air pollution may thus make it harder to achieve ambitious global climate and environmental aims, such as the Paris Agreement's 2°C target.

Read the full commmentary here (Science)

Press coverage: 

• Réduire les émissions de CO₂ des navires (Le Temps)
• Warum dreckige Luft gut fürs Klima ist (Spiegel)