Alisha Wainwright
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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Have you heard of super pollutants?
Honestly, I hadn't before I sat down with Tom Grylls for this episode, but it is something we really should be paying attention to.
It's a term which helpfully groups together a bunch of short-lived, underexplored pollutants like black carbon, methane, and tropospheric ozone, where scientists have spotted an opportunity
an emergency break.
By reducing emissions, we can potentially have a quicker impact on global warming than decarbonization alone, while also bringing health benefits by improving the air we breathe.
It sounds like a win-win.
In this episode, Tom, head of super pollutants at the Clean Air Fund, is going to break down super pollutants' impact on our health and the climate.
why they are rising up the scientific agenda, and the huge opportunity for joint action.
Welcome back to When Science Finds a Way, a podcast about the science changing the world.
I'm your host, Alicia Wainwright.
Let's get into it.
Hi, Tom.
Thank you so much for joining us today.
So, Tom, for something that could have such a big impact, I've never heard of super pollutants.
So how long has this been on the scientific agenda and is this a relatively new focus?
That doesn't have such a fun buzz.
So let's start there.
Why don't you tell me what is a super pollutant?
I feel like that's sort of the PR problem with climate change and climate health is that to fix carbon dioxide, this generation or perhaps the next might not get to see the results.
But with something like a super pollutant within someone's lifetime, if you made improvements in this space, you could see some of that gain.
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