Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024

Published on 13 Apr 2025

•  The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024 took place in Nairobi, Kenya. 
• It was hosted by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
• It brought together 86 State Partners and 83 Non-State Partners of the Clean Air Coalition.
• The event was convened on the margins of the sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6).
• The conference called for phasing out short-lived climate pollutants, or “super pollutants”, such as methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons.

Super pollutants, also sometimes referred to as short-lived climate pollutants (SCLPs), derive their name from their relatively short life in the atmosphere as compared to carbon dioxide. Example: Methane

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Pollution Pollutants Air pollution UNEP Super pollutants