Integrated management of clean air and climate change: SEI at iCACGP-IGAC 2024

Poster

Jenniffer Pedraza will present a poster at the conference, based on our work to support and encourage the integrated management of clean air and climate change through effective action and planning. Read the abstract below.

Integrated management of clean air and climate change from effective action and planning: Developing emissions scenarios in Latin America and the Caribbean region

The FOCI project aims to support the development of policy recommendations by bridging knowledge gaps on the impact of non-CO₂ climate forcing pollutants (also known as short-lived climate forcers) such as black carbon, methane, hydrofluorocarbons, and tropospheric ozone and its precursors on climate change and their linkages to air pollution episodes and health impacts. Emissions of non-CO₂ forcers are not the focus of scenarios focusing on CO₂ mitigation, and do not consider the detail of the policy measures and development priorities of countries. Therefore, there is a need to better understand the options to reduce non-CO₂ emissions considering specific national contexts and focusing specifically on reducing these emissions.

A key stage of FOCI is developing historical emission estimations and future projections in Latin America to understand the influence of current climate change mitigation measures over the medium and long-term on all emitted non-CO₂ forcers. SEI’s Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) tool has been used to model new nationally appropriate emissions scenarios (historic and projections) for these two case study regions at country level, emphasizing major anthropogenic emission source sectors that evaluate the implementation of nationally appropriate and relevant non-CO2 climate forcing mitigation measures.

Using LEAP has supported the develop of:

1. a comprehensive characterization of historical emissions, including energy demand, and supply sectors, agriculture, waste, and industrial processes using national and local statistics
2. long-term projections of emissions for a baseline scenario reflecting existing socioeconomic projections in each country in the region
3. mitigation scenarios that reflect the implementation of nationally appropriate and/or informed mitigation measures in key energy and non-energy source sectors that are specifically designed to target non-CO2 climate forcer emissions

The emission reduction potential from implementation of a set of specific mitigation options has been quantified as well as the economic costs of implementing it.

Early Career Program

The IGAC Early Career Short Course has been an essential component of the conference since 2004, with a particular emphasis on early-career scientists and scientists from developing nations.

As co-chair of the Early Career Committee for iCACGP-IGAC 2024, Jenniffer is helping to plan and deliver the course, which will take place from 6th to 8th September 2024, as well as a dedicated program for early career researchers during the main conference.