This briefing by Clean Air Fund, the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Berkeley Air Monitoring Group and Orbis Air, and translated by CEBRI, highlights the importance of reducing black carbon emissions, alongside deep decarbonisation.

The report summarises the latest science on black carbon, also knows as soot, which is emitted from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biomass, and waste. The report highlights the role black carbon plays in speeding up the melting of snow and ice in the Arctic, the Himalayas and the Andes, disrupting monsoon patterns in West Africa and India, and worsening the effects of dangerous heatwaves.