Initiatives to implement fast-action
“Fast-action” includes regulatory measures that can begin within 2–3 years, be substantially implemented in 5–10 years, and produce a climate response within decades. It’s the only way to keep the 1.5 °C guardrail in sight.
Why Fast Mitigation Matters?
The fastest and most effective climate strategy is to combine the marathon to reduce carbon dioxide emissions with the sprint to rapidly cut non-CO2 super pollutants.
Strategies targeting super pollutant reductions can avoid 4 times more warming at 2050 than targeting CO2 alone.
Reducing HFCs can avoid nearly 0.1 °C of warming by 2050 and up to 0.5 °C by the end of the century.
Cutting methane emissions can avoid nearly 0.3 °C by the 2040s and more from emerging technologies to remove atmospheric methane.
Combining fast mitigation with decarbonization would reduce the rate of global warming by half from 2030 to 2050.
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On World Environment Day, the Indian state of Punjab published Pathways to Net Zero in Punjab: The Critical Role of Non-CO₂ Pollutants, a groundbreaking report signaling a shift toward comprehensive climate action. The report, collaboratively developed by the Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, and The Energy […]
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27 August 2025 – Today, China released its Action Plan for Controlling Industrial-Sector Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Emissions (“Action Plan”), jointly issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. IGSD’s bilingual Chinese-English version of the Action Plan is available here. This […]
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San Jose, Costa Rica, 4 July 2025 — Yesterday the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its groundbreaking legal opinion declaring that States have a wide range of human rights obligations to address what the Court unanimously agreed to be a real and escalating climate emergency. In order to protect and guarantee multiple human rights […]
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On Thursday 3 July, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is releasing its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights. In the forthcoming Opinion the Court is expected to clarify the obligations of States to protect human rights by addressing the causes and consequences of climate change, taking into account considerations of […]
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Washington, DC, 30 June 2025 — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is due to release its Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency on 3 July 2025, 10:00 AM CST. The forthcoming Advisory Opinion is the result of a historic public participation process and will create legal guidance for all 34 OAS Member States[1], including some […]
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28 February 2025– In response to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights’ Call for Inputs on the Fossil Fuel-Based Economy and Human Rights, the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) submitted its recommendations underscoring the urgency of reducing fossil fuel-based emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), particularly methane, to slow […]
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27 February 2025 – The Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) at University of Maryland, the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), Centro Studi Galileo, and the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) released an open-source handbook that explains how to appropriately install high-efficiency room air conditioners for the highest energy efficiency and lowest […]
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by Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat Cutting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is essential in the fight against climate change and improving public health. Projects supported by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), such as the Green Automobile Air Conditioner Technology Demonstration Program, are leading the charge in creating sustainable solutions with lasting impact. By tackling […]
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4 de diciembre de 2024 – El Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) y el Centro para los Derechos Humanos y el Ambiente (CEDHA) presentaron un amicus curiae ante la Corte Constitucional de Ecuador, proporcionando evidencia científica y argumentos legales para destacar la importancia de priorizar el caso emblemático de los Mecheros. En 2020, […]
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4 December 2024 – The Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) and the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA) filed an amicus curiae before Ecuador’s Constitutional Court, providing scientific evidence and compelling legal arguments to emphasize the need to prioritize the landmark ‘Mecheros case’ on fossil gas flaring. In 2020, nine girls from […]
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Washington DC, 19 November 2024 – U.S. automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company submitted an application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to list R290 (propane) as acceptable for use in automotive thermal management systems under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program. “Congratulations to Ford on this important step toward the introduction […]
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California, 22 October 2024 – Mr. Kofi Adu Agyarko from the Ghana Ministry of Energy has earned the prestigious 2023 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for Environmental Justice. The award will be presented October 24th in Sacramento, California, at the Board of Directors meeting of the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Mr. Kofi Agyarko has been […]
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