Offline·March 12, 2026 – March 12, 2026·Bangkok, Thailand
This session brings together experts from regional networks, national governments, and leading organizations to share insights on harnessing co-benefits for air quality, health, climate, the cryosphere, and the economy through the mitigation of super pollutants.
Super pollutants, black carbon and tropospheric ozone, are responsible for significant near-term warming and millions of premature deaths every year. Reducing these short-lived climate pollutants offers a powerful opportunity to achieve rapid gains for air quality, health, climate stabilization, cryosphere protection, and local economic resilience. This session brings together experts from regional platforms, national governments and leading organizations to share insights through TALK-style stories followed by a moderated discussion. Speakers will highlight practical solutions and cooperation pathways across ASEAN and South Asia, showing how national actions can be scaled through mechanisms such as the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution and Male’ Declaration. The session will also explore how climate finance and air quality policy can reinforce each other to accelerate SLCP mitigation.
Objectives
To exchange benefits, practical solutions, current plan and policies, and further cooperation to mitigate Super Pollutants in South Asia and Southeast Asia
Specific objectives
1. Demonstrate the multiple co-benefits of mitigating super pollutants across air quality, health, climate, cryosphere protection, and economic resilience.
2. Highlight practical solutions and strengthen cooperation pathways in Asia, including examples from regional platforms (ASEAN, Male’ Declaration) and national governments.
3. Catalyze finance and policy integration by connecting SLCP/super pollutants action to climate finance, including opportunities via the CCAC Finance Hub and other multilateral mechanisms.
Expected results
At the end of the session, participants will…
1. Clear understanding of why SLCP mitigation delivers the fastest, highest-impact multiple co-benefits this decade.
2. Actionable measures participants can apply in their own work, including sector-specific examples and cooperation models.
3. Recognition of financing pathways that can support national and regional SLCP interventions.