Targeting super pollutants:
The fastest path to climate impact
The climate crisis demands urgent solutions. While most investment flows toward long-term carbon removal, proven strategies exist today to deliver faster, more powerful impact.
The hidden potential of super pollutants
Our new paper reveals why targeting super pollutants – methane, fluorinated gases, nitrous oxide, and black carbon – is one of the most effective ways to bend the curve on global warming now. These short-lived climate pollutants are up to 12,700 times more potent than CO2 and cutting them quickly can deliver four times the net benefit of CO2 reductions by 2050.
A faster path to impact
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Super pollutant reductions are essential to meeting the 1.5°C target.
Without them, even aggressive CO2 cuts will fall short.
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The return on investment is striking.
Every dollar invested in super pollutant mitigation creates four times the environmental benefit compared to CO2-focused strategies.
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Immediate solutions are ready to scale.
For example, destroying fluorinated gases from old appliances and plugging methane leaks can prevent up to 500 million tons of CO2e for the same $10B currently spent on carbon capture technologies – over 100x more impact.
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Redirecting just 20% of the global carbon market could eliminate 2.5 gigatons of emissions.
That’s equal to shutting down more than 600 coal plants for a year.
Super pollutant projects don’t just buy time for long-term CO2 solutions – they deliver real, permanent climate impact right now.
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