Controlling Emissions from Wood Burning

Download or read book Controlling Emissions from Wood Burning written by Thomas Levander and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report has been produced by the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) under a grant from the Nordic Council of Ministers under its Arctic Cooperation Program, as part of a pilot project to reduce emissions of black carbon reaching the Arctic from residential heating from wood burning in Nordic countries. The report reviews legislation and other measures in the Nordic countries pertinent to the reduction of particulate matter (PM2.5) and Black Carbon (BC) –soot. It then assesses the effectiveness of the different policy instruments used in the Nordic countries as well as points to measures which may be most effective in reducing emissions of Black Carbon and PM2.5 from wood burning.