International Workshop on Black Carbon
Distinguished atmospheric scientists and policy makers shared the latest scientific understanding of black carbon climate forcing and policy strategies for mitigation in the transportation sector at...
View ArticleInternational Workshop on Black Carbon in Latin America
2009 workshop on sources/impacts of black carbon emissions, and control strategies.WorkshopTuesday, September 15, 2009 (All day)
View ArticleBlack carbon climate science and emission control strategies: A...
Policy-relevant guidance on black carbon, a solid particle emitted during incomplete combustion and a significant contributor to both climate change public health problems.Publication Type: White paper
View ArticleDefinition and measurement of marine black carbon emissions
Ray Minjares, Galen HonPresentation to the International Maritime Organization on the definition and measurement of marine black carbon emissions, 30 January 2012. Publication Type: Presentation
View ArticleICCT joins Climate and Clean Air Coalition
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) issued a press release officially welcoming ICCT as an NGO partner. CCAC is a global effort among governments, intergovernmental and nongovernmental...
View ArticleThe Arctic, maritime shipping, and black carbon
McKenna FreaseCataloging technology and operations strategies to reduce black carbon emissions.
View ArticleBreathing in Beijing (and New Delhi, and Tehran, and . . .)
Sarah Chambliss and Kate BlumbergAcute, local pollution spikes are dangerous and unpleasant for those living through them, but they are just a part of the global pollution problem. Two recent reports...
View ArticleBlack carbon in the Arctic
Ray MinjaresA new study indicates that stringent control of black carbon from ships in Arctic waters could cut warming impacts in the Arctic region by one third.
View ArticleCleaning up the diesel vehicles already on the road
Vance WagnerOld diesel vehicles are prime culprits when it comes to both urban air pollution and climate change. Although they usually make up only a small percentage of all the vehicles in a region,...
View ArticleWhat might US-China collaboration on clean fuels and vehicles focus on?
Vance WagnerThe US-China Climate Change Working Group also has great potential to deliver direct health benefits beyond its climate change mitigation impact.
View ArticleArctic sea shipping: Emissions matter more than you might think
Alyson AzzaraMore vessels plying Arctic shipping routes may reduce long-lived GHG emissions only to increase emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in an already delicate environment.
View ArticleTightening vehicle and fuels standards to benefit global health and climate
Study finds that more stringent standards worldwide could dramatically reduce premature mortality while cutting short-lived climate pollutant emissions as much as 80%.Download the report [.pdf]Simply...
View ArticleCCAC Green Freight Call to Action
The High Level Assembly of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) met in Warsaw on November 21, one of the events during the recently concluded COP19. Among...
View ArticleLeadership for real at the North American Leaders Summit
Kate BlumbergThe alignment of heavy-duty vehicle policies agreed to by North America's three political leaders could result in one of the cleanest, most efficient regional truck freight networks in the...
View ArticleContext matters: Making the case for black carbon mitigation in the Arctic
Alyson AzzaraWhy the decline in sea ice extent should motivate us to focus harder on limiting ship emissions of black carbon
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Reducing Black Carbon Emissions from Diesel Vehicles
Impacts, Control Strategies, and Cost-Benefit AnalysisA new World Bank report, written by researchers from the ICCT, aims to inform efforts to control black carbon emissions from diesel-based...
View ArticleWhat is “Arctic shipping,” anyway?
Alyson AzzaraTechnically, international maritime law protects the Arctic, and MARPOL holds ships accountable for their emissions. The difficulty lies in determining the point, line, or latitude at...
View ArticleCost-Benefit Analysis of Mexico’s Heavy-duty Emission Standards (NOM 044)
Joshua Miller, Katherine Blumberg, and Ben SharpeResults, methods, and underlying assumptions of an ICCT analysis conducted to support the decision-making process for updating NOM 044, demonstrating...
View ArticleBlack Carbon Expert Tami Bond Awarded 2014 MacArthur "Genius" Grant
Today the ICCT celebrates the announcement that Tami Bond, a professor at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and international expert on black carbon, has been awarded a 2014 fellowship by the...
View ArticleMarine black carbon emissions: Identifying research gaps
First of three workshops designed to inform and guide a new two-year CCAC funded project on marine black carbon.Workshop
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