Integrated climate management depends in part upon

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• Subjects: Arctic
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jointly understanding primary GHGs together with non-GHGs that may both contribute to climate change, either regionally or globally. Pollutants that contribute significantly to climate forcing, but over much smaller time scales than CO 2, have been defined collectively as short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs). Combustion sources emit a subset of SLCFs that have much shorter residence lifetimes in the atmosphere than long-lived GHGs, such as CO 2, which has a lifetime on the order of centuries. These SLCFs may also contribute to regional climate impacts through interactions with clouds, ice or snow. Black carbon (BC) is chief among SLCF pollutants, at least for diesel engines.