Black Carbon and Climate Change : Considerations for International Development Agencies

This report is intended to inform the international development community about the links between black (BC) carbon and climate change. With growing scientific clarity on the contribution of black carbon to climate change, the benefits of limiting...

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Main Author:	Levitsky, Michael
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ABSORPTION ACCESSIBILITY AEROSOL EMISSIONS AEROSOLS AGRICULTURAL WASTE AGRICULTURAL WASTES AIR AIR CONDITIONING AIR QUALITY ALBEDO ANIMAL WASTE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS ARCTIC OCEAN ASH ATMOSPHERE AVAILABILITY BIOGAS BIOMASS BIOMASS BURNING BIOMASS FUELS BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BOILER BUS BUSES BUTANE CALCULATION CAPITAL COSTS CARBON 14 CARBON BLACK CARBON COMPOUNDS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSION CARBON FINANCING CARBON INTENSITY CARBON LEVELS CARBON MARKETS CARBON MITIGATION CARBON MONOXIDE CARBON SOURCE CARS CATALYSTS CEMENT CH4 CHEMICAL CATALYSTS CHEMICAL CHANGES CHEMICAL PROPERTIES CLEAN FUEL CLEAN FUELS CLEAN TRANSPORT CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE FEEDBACK CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATES CLOUDS CO CO2 COAL COAL COMBUSTION COAL USE COMBUSTION COMBUSTION OF BIOMASS COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES COST-BENEFIT CROP RESIDUES DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DIESEL DIESEL COMBUSTION DIESEL EMISSIONS DIESEL ENGINES DIESEL FUEL DIESEL FUEL USE DIESEL FUELS DIESEL GENERATORS DIESEL USE DIESEL VEHICLE DIESEL VEHICLES DRIVERS DUST ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COSTS ELECTRIC TRAINS EMISSION EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES EMISSIONS ESTIMATES EMISSIONS FROM COAL EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMISSIONS PROFILE EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS STANDARDS ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ESTIMATES OF EMISSIONS FOREST FOREST FIRES FORESTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL USE FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL CONVERSION FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL OIL FUEL PRICES FUEL QUALITY FUEL STANDARDS FUEL TYPE FUELS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS GAS GAS EXTRACTION GAS FLARING GAS PRODUCTION GASOLINE GASOLINE VEHICLES GHG GHGS GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES GWP HALOCARBONS HEAT HEAVY OIL HIGH ALTITUDES HISTORICAL EMISSIONS HUMIDITY HYDROCARBONS HYDROGEN IMPACTS ON EMISSIONS INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INSPECTION IPCC IRON KEROSENE LARGE POWER STATIONS LEVELS OF EMISSIONS LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOW-CARBON MARINE TRANSPORT MASS TRANSIT METHANE MODAL SHIFT MODERN FUELS NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION NITRATES NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDE NITROGEN OXIDES NITROUS OXIDE OIL PRODUCTS OIL REFINERIES OIL USE OPEN BURNING ORGANIC CARBON OXYGEN OZONE OZONE PRECURSORS PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS POLLUTANTS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION CONTROLS POLLUTION REDUCTION POWER POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATORS POWER SECTOR POWER STATIONS PRECIPITATION PROPANE PUBLIC SUBSIDIES QUALITY FUELS RADIATION RADIATIVE FORCING RAIN RAINFALL RAPID TRANSIT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS RAW MATERIAL REFLECTIVITY RESIDENTIAL SECTORS RETROFITTING ROAD ROAD EMISSIONS ROAD VEHICLES ROUTE ROUTES SMOKE SO2 SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR RADIATION STATIONARY SOURCES SUBSTITUTION SUGARCANE SULFATE SULFATE PARTICLES SULFATES SULFUR SULFUR CONTENT SULFUR DIOXIDE SUNLIGHT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TIRES TOTAL COSTS TOTAL EMISSIONS TRAFFIC TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TROPOSPHERIC OZONE TRUCKS UNCERTAINTIES UNEP VEHICLE VEHICLE EMISSIONS VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLES WATER HEATING WATER VAPOR WEATHER PATTERNS WMO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/12/15893923/black-carbon-climate-change-considerations-international-development-agencies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18317