Six countries team up with UNEP to reduce short-lived climate pollutants.

The goal is to reduce certain pollutants that don't stay in the atmosphere for as long as pollutants like Greenhouse gases usually are, but are comparably harmful. These pollutants are black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and methane.

UNEP's initial research suggests drastic results from their proposed emissions reductions. These measures would "reduce future global warming by 0.5˚C and avoid 2.4 million premature deaths every year. The measures would be especially effective in Arctic regions, where they could reduce warming by about two-thirds over the next 30 years."

Methods mentioned would be to cut down on ineffectual appliances in order to replace them with newer, more environmentally-friendly appliances that don't result in the emission of as much of the SLCPs that they're targeting.

See why Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden, and the US have decided to pool their resources...