This report assesses progress in 2018 toward implementing the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's (CCAC) global strategy to introduce low-sulfur fuels and cleaner diesel vehicles. The rapid reduction of diesel black carbon emissions is one element of a strategy proposed to reduce near-term climate warming by an average of 0.5°C over 25 years. To achieve this target, emissions of black carbon from all sectors must fall to 75% below 2010 levels by 2030. The Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDV) Initiative of the CCAC released its global strategy in 2016 with the aim for all countries to implement vehicle emissions and fuel quality requirements equivalent to Euro 4/IV by 2025 and Euro 6/VI by 2030. This study finds that this strategy can reduce diesel black carbon emissions to 88% below 2010 levels by 2040 but that higher ambition—equal to Euro 4/IV implementation by 2021 and Euro 6/VI no later than 2025—is necessary to meet the emissions reduction and temperature targets.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/global-progress-toward-soot-free-diesel-vehicles-2018
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joshua-miller
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lingzhi-jin
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-council-clean-transportation-icct
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diesel
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicles
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-standards
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/road-transport
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-quality