Our approach Driving global action with technical expertise, policy-relevant science and high-level political leadership Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Policy Sector mitigation Science Cooperation Commitments Breadcrumb Home Our work Our approach The Climate and Clean Air Coalition supports action to reduce short-lived climate pollutants in over 70 countries through our project funding and the individual actions of our partners. We aim to connect ambitious agenda setting with targeted mitigation action within countries and sectors. Robust science and analysis underpin our efforts. Our work is focused on five key areas. National planning and policy development Find out more We assist countries to develop policies that jointly address their climate and clean air objectives. Our approach enables countries to identify actions that can be implemented at the lowest cost while having the greatest impact on the rate of near-term global warming, public health and wellbeing. Latest achievements Project update National policy and planning 2023 Ghana Moves from Planning to Implementing a Future With Dramatically Fewer SLCPs Project update National policy and planning 2022 Pakistan Develops a National Clean Air Plan Using the Country’s First Air Pollutant Inventory Project update National policy and planning 2022 Central American Countries Commit to Regional Cooperation to Combat Climate Change and Air Pollution The coalition you have built among the private sector, finance, civil society, research and other institutions can help to build a new world of collaboration and high standards. The results of your actions can have an immediate impact: cleaner industries, cleaner engines and oil and gas production, cleaner recycling and waste processing, cleaner brick kilns and cookstoves, and cleaner urban air. Image Ban Ki-moon Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Sector mitigation Find out more We help drive transformation in the main short-lived climate pollutant source sectors - agriculture, cooling, fossil fuels, household energy, transport and waste - by enabling collaboration between governments, industry and civil society on common goals and solutions. Our projects support the development and enforcement of policies and regulations and demonstrate the feasibility of available solutions. Latest achievements Project update Waste 2022 Kenya Signs Waste Management Bill Into Law, Committing to Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants From the Sector Project update Fossil fuels 2023 Nigeria Cements Methane Guidelines, and its Role as an African Climate and Clean Air Leader Project update Agriculture 2023 Uruguay Reduces Livestock Emissions While Increasing Productivity In A CCAC-Supported Pilot Project Science policy Find out more Our work is grounded in rigorous research and analysis of the causes and solutions to short-lived climate pollutants, as well as of the costs and benefits of implementing those solutions. Latest publications News Emissions assessments 2021 Global Assessment: Urgent steps must be taken to reduce methane emissions this decade Project update Emissions assessments 2022 New Research: Africa could save 880,000 lives a year by acting to cut air pollution and prevent climate change News Emissions assessments 2022 World must act now to cut methane emissions say the co-authors of UNEP-CCAC report Political leadership and cooperation Find out more We bring leaders together to drive high-level ambition on short-lived climate pollutant mitigation. By targeting decision makers across the spectrum of government, business, development banks and other key organizations, we aim to foster leadership and secure commitments for ambitious action. Latest publications News National policy and planning 2022 Ministers From 40+ Countries Join Forces for the 2022 Climate and Clean Air Ministerial News 2021 Climate and Clean Air Coalition welcomes Global Methane Pledge News 2019 Coalition launches new initiative on efficient cooling at G7 Environment Ministers Meeting The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is about remarkable leaders working together to bring solutions to scale. It's about collaboration with national governments, cities, companies, civil society groups, all working together to address today's most urgent problems: the air we breathe and the existential climate change we face. Image Andrew Steer President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund Climate commitments Find out more We encourage countries to include short-lived climate pollutant targets in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Climate Agreement and support them to achieve these goals. Latest publications News National policy and planning 2023 Twice as Many Countries Make International Commitments to Tackle Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Project update National policy and planning 2022 Côte d'Ivoire’s NDCs Are A Global Model for Climate and Clean Air Integration Project update National policy and planning 2021 Colombia’s NDC increases its 2030 climate change ambition and integrates new targets that simultaneously improve air quality and health
Project update National policy and planning 2023 Ghana Moves from Planning to Implementing a Future With Dramatically Fewer SLCPs
Project update National policy and planning 2022 Pakistan Develops a National Clean Air Plan Using the Country’s First Air Pollutant Inventory
Project update National policy and planning 2022 Central American Countries Commit to Regional Cooperation to Combat Climate Change and Air Pollution
Project update Waste 2022 Kenya Signs Waste Management Bill Into Law, Committing to Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants From the Sector
Project update Fossil fuels 2023 Nigeria Cements Methane Guidelines, and its Role as an African Climate and Clean Air Leader
Project update Agriculture 2023 Uruguay Reduces Livestock Emissions While Increasing Productivity In A CCAC-Supported Pilot Project
News Emissions assessments 2021 Global Assessment: Urgent steps must be taken to reduce methane emissions this decade
Project update Emissions assessments 2022 New Research: Africa could save 880,000 lives a year by acting to cut air pollution and prevent climate change
News Emissions assessments 2022 World must act now to cut methane emissions say the co-authors of UNEP-CCAC report
News National policy and planning 2022 Ministers From 40+ Countries Join Forces for the 2022 Climate and Clean Air Ministerial
News National policy and planning 2023 Twice as Many Countries Make International Commitments to Tackle Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Project update National policy and planning 2022 Côte d'Ivoire’s NDCs Are A Global Model for Climate and Clean Air Integration
Project update National policy and planning 2021 Colombia’s NDC increases its 2030 climate change ambition and integrates new targets that simultaneously improve air quality and health