Emissions of Black Carbon and Methane in Finland: 2015 National Submission to the Arctic Council
The Arctic air continues to warm at twice the global average rate. Loss of Arctic snow/ice cover and thawing of permafrost accelerate warming on a global basis, and melting of land-based ice contributes to global sea level rise. In other words the rapid warming of the Arctic has profound consequence...
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ftvalto:oai:julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi:10024/75179 2023-11-12T04:10:26+01:00 Emissions of Black Carbon and Methane in Finland: 2015 National Submission to the Arctic Council Rautalahti, Elina Kupiainen, Kaarle Ympäristönsuojeluosasto 2016-06-28 22 true http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/75179 en eng Ympäristöministeriö Reports of the Ministry of the Environment 1796-170X 19en/2016 ISBN:978-952-11-4611-4 http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/75179 URN:ISBN:978-952-11-4611-4 10024/60038 This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Arctic Council black carbon emissions methane sarjajulkaisu 2016 ftvalto 2023-10-25T23:03:56Z The Arctic air continues to warm at twice the global average rate. Loss of Arctic snow/ice cover and thawing of permafrost accelerate warming on a global basis, and melting of land-based ice contributes to global sea level rise. In other words the rapid warming of the Arctic has profound consequences not only for the Arctic region but also worldwide. What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. To slow the pace of warming over the next two to three decades – globally and in the Arctic – reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon and methane is essential, along with action to reduce CO2, emissions. Not only do these short-lived substances persist in the atmosphere for far shorter periods than CO2, but they also trap more heat on a per-unit basis. In addition, black carbon that falls on Arctic ice or snow reduces reflectivity and increases heat absorption, further accelerating melting and warming. In April 2015 the Ministers of the Arctic Council adopted a Framework for Enhanced Action to Reduce Black Carbon and Methane Emissions. The Framework lays out a common vision for enhanced action to accelerate the decline of black carbon emissions and significantly reduce methane emissions. As an important step towards achieving this vision the Framework provides an “ambitious, aspirational and quantitative collective goal on black carbon” would be adopted at the 2017 ministerial. An Expert Group, chaired by the Arctic state holding the Council chair for that two-year cycle, is tasked to periodically assess progress of the implementation of the Framework, and to inform policy makers from Arctic states and for participating Arctic Council Observer states of the status. This includes preparing, on a once every two-year cycle of the Arctic Council chairmanship, a high level “Summary of Progress and Recommendations” report, with appropriate conclusions and recommendations. To support the process Arctic States agreed to submit biennial national reports on their existing and planned ... Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic black carbon Ice permafrost VALTO - Institutional Repository for the Government Arctic |
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The Arctic air continues to warm at twice the global average rate. Loss of Arctic snow/ice cover and thawing of permafrost accelerate warming on a global basis, and melting of land-based ice contributes to global sea level rise. In other words the rapid warming of the Arctic has profound consequences not only for the Arctic region but also worldwide. What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. To slow the pace of warming over the next two to three decades – globally and in the Arctic – reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon and methane is essential, along with action to reduce CO2, emissions. Not only do these short-lived substances persist in the atmosphere for far shorter periods than CO2, but they also trap more heat on a per-unit basis. In addition, black carbon that falls on Arctic ice or snow reduces reflectivity and increases heat absorption, further accelerating melting and warming. In April 2015 the Ministers of the Arctic Council adopted a Framework for Enhanced Action to Reduce Black Carbon and Methane Emissions. The Framework lays out a common vision for enhanced action to accelerate the decline of black carbon emissions and significantly reduce methane emissions. As an important step towards achieving this vision the Framework provides an “ambitious, aspirational and quantitative collective goal on black carbon” would be adopted at the 2017 ministerial. An Expert Group, chaired by the Arctic state holding the Council chair for that two-year cycle, is tasked to periodically assess progress of the implementation of the Framework, and to inform policy makers from Arctic states and for participating Arctic Council Observer states of the status. This includes preparing, on a once every two-year cycle of the Arctic Council chairmanship, a high level “Summary of Progress and Recommendations” report, with appropriate conclusions and recommendations. To support the process Arctic States agreed to submit biennial national reports on their existing and planned ... |
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