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Tom Grylls

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When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

And as Zorana mentioned, I think that can really help answer this question where at the moment, basically there's some evidence that suggests black carbon could be a more toxic component than particulate matter more broadly.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

But there's not enough that consensus has been brought.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

So these systematic reviews are really important towards scientific consensus on this, which can then inform the policy decision.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

I think...

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

One of the things we can do collectively on super pollutants is build the case for additional action, increased ambition, increased finance.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

And in order to do this, we need to assess the literature there is out there in terms of the health impacts of

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

these super pollutants in terms of the climate impacts of these super pollutants and aggregate that together to bring together this emergency break and climate and health story.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

As we're doing that, I think it's critical to identify what the evidence gaps still are, in particular on the health side

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

There is a need for more dense monitoring networks of ozone and of black carbon, which can inform more and a strengthened health evidence base.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

And then on the climate side, because these are so short-lived, we need to also look at climate change at a regional as well as global scale.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

So some of the indirect health impacts of, for example, black carbon emissions are how it is changing monsoon patterns and the glaciers and what that means for flooding and rainfall changes, et cetera.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

And global climate models...

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

designed to look as best we can at how the global climate system is changing.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

But the resolution of those means sometimes we miss what's happening at the regional scale.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

And as we start thinking about these short-lived climate forces, it's important to also be supporting more regional modeling studies.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

And I think that evidence is again important to add to the story that we're able to tell on climate change in different parts of the world.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

So I think overall there is a need for more data, but we know enough that the solutions we're pointing towards should be no regret actions, right?

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

I think they should be more interlocked.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

I think there's some interesting structural political reasons for why they often are dealt with so separately, especially at the international scale.

When Science Finds a Way
Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

I think there can be a hesitance to bring in the evidence behind the health impact that these emissions are happening alongside this