Integration of Short-Lived Climate Pollutant and air pollutant mitigation in nationally determined contributions

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Table 1. List of countries acknowledging importance of SLCPs and air pollution mitigation in NDCs, separated by type of acknowledgement.

	General acknowledgement of link between SLCP/air pollution and climate change mitigation/adaptation only	Reduction in SLCPs or air pollution identified as co-benefit of climate mitigation action	Specific statement on SLCPs/air pollutants emission reductions of importance	Reference to National Plan/Strategy, Policy or regulation underpinning action on SLCPs/air pollution	Reference includes quantitative information on SLCP/air pollutant emission reductions and/or health benefits of NDC implementation
Pre-2020 NDC SLCP/air pollution acknowledgement	SLCPs Mauritius, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire Air pollution Benin, France (Overseas Territories), Nepal, Republic of Congo, Timor-Leste*, Uruguay*, Venezuela, Zimbabwe	SLCPs Nigeria Air pollution Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Jordan, Laos, Liberia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zambia, Comoros, Djibouti*, Ghana, India*, Lesotho*, Niue*, Syrian Arab Republic*, Trinidad and Tobago*, Uganda*	SLCPs Methane: Algeria*, Azerbaijan*, Cameroon, Dominica*, Ecuador*, Equatorial Guinea*, Guatemala*, Nigeria Black Carbon: Canada, Chile, Nigeria HFCs: Ghana, Nigeria	Air pollution Chile, Ecuador*	SLCPs Mexico, Uruguay*
Post-2020 NDC SLCP/air pollution acknowledgement	SLCPs Eswatini, Jordan, Liberia, Pakistan, United States Air pollution Angola, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Georgia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Qatar, Republic of Congo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam	SLCPs Dominica Air pollution Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guinea, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Venezuela	SLCPs Methane: Burkina Faso, Iraq, United States, China, Saudi Arabia, Republic of Korea, Black Carbon: Canada HFCs: Albania, Argentina, Barbados, Bhutan, Canada, China, European Union, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, St. Lucia, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela Air pollution Volatile Organic Compounds: China, St. Lucia	SLCPs Bangladesh, Colombia, Nigeria, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire Air pollution Albania, Belarus, Kuwait, Nauru, Togo, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan	SLCPs Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Japan, Mali, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Seychelles, Togo, Zimbabwe Air pollution Benin, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Togo, United States of America, Zimbabwe

*NDC submitted before 2020 that remain the country’s most up to date NDC (i.e. are also included in the post-2020 NDC category).

Figure 1. Percent of submissions from UN regions in pre-2020 and post-2020 NDCs that included specific mitigation measures (note: in this figure the submission of European Union is considered as 27 submissions for each EU Member State).