The Arctic Council’s Task Force for Action on Black Carbon and Methane (TFBCM), one of the four task forces established at the Kiruna Ministerial meeting in May 2013, held its 6th and final meeting in Tromsø (Norway) on November 17-18, 2014.
Guided by its mandate set out at the Ministerial meeting in Kiruna in 2013, the TFBCM has been working on the development of an arrangement among the eight Arctic States to facilitate actions “to achieve enhanced black carbon and methane emission reductions in the Arctic”.
At this meeting, the Arctic States reached agreement on their common vision for enhanced actions to address black carbon and methane in the Arctic as well as a mechanism for the implementation of the arrangement. After the meeting, the task force co-chairs, France Jacovella (Canada) and Jon Kahn (Sweden), shared their views on the result of the TFBCM’s work and its significance.
France Jacovella said, “Members of the Task Force have worked collaboratively to develop a Framework for Enhanced Action to Reduce Black Carbon and Methane emissions, which will lead to benefits for both climate and human health in the Arctic. The Task Force also acknowledged that reducing anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions remains the most important challenge to address global and Arctic climate change, and are proud that this work will support and complement the goal of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”
“I am very pleased that we have developed a concrete and action-oriented deliverable with a focus on implementation. This is an important Canadian Chairmanship priority initiative and I look forward to its consideration by Arctic Council Ministers in 2015.
Jon Kahn said, “The TFBCM has been very successful and this has to do with the commitment and ambition of all countries. Actions to reduce emissions of black carbon and methane are crucial for limiting warming and melting of the Arctic ice as well as for human health in the Arctic. Emission reductions will also contribute to global efforts. The aim of the framework document is to accelerate the decline in emissions by coordinated national actions and collective action. The states have agreed on their ambitions and on a timetable for inventories and for setting joint targets. This is a major achievement of the group.”
Source: Arctic Council
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