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IMO 2020 complications: New findings can have unintended consequences
Feb 25: The IMO 2020 regulations on use of low sulphur fuel seems to be yielding some unintended consequences.
8The switchover has the potential for some blended low sulphur fuels to produce more black carbon than the fuels they replaced.
8Black carbon emissions are a short-lived pollutant that absorbs sunlight and traps heat in the atmosphere. While it stays in the atmosphere for only a few days or weeks, its impact is that it traps 3200-times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, measured over a 20-year period.
8When black carbon settles in the Arctic, it reduces the reflectiveness of the snow and ice and generates heat, which accelerates melting. This makes the Arctic – which according to reports is already warming twice as fast as the rest of the world- particularly sensitive to these emissions.
8So what will the implications of this on fuel suppliers?
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