Super Pollutant Data Initiative

In partnership with GBB Strategy, SPECTRA is compiling a central database of global Super Pollutant data. Please see below for a visualization of the aggregated information.

Register here to get edit access to the regulatory database that feeds the map.

Ongoing process: Data is added and updated on a regular basis

Super Pollutant Definition

Short - Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs): Methane (CH4), Black Carbon / Soot, Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Tropospheric Ozone (O3)

Long - Lived Climate Super Pollutants: High GWP, long atmospheric life: Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Other F-gases: Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3)

Disclosure: Regulations are neither exhaustive nor assumed to have legally correct interpretations.