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Table 2 Global and Asia/Pacific emissions of CH4, NOx, and NMVOC in 1970 and 2010, and the reduction ratio (%) necessary to reduce the emissions in 2010 to the 1970 level. The units are Tg CH4 year−1, Tg NOx year−1, and Tg NMVOC year−1, respectively (based on Hoesly et al. 2018)

From: An empirical approach toward the SLCP reduction targets in Asia for the mid-term climate change mitigation

Species

Global

Asia/Pacific

1970

2010

Reduction ratio

1970

2010

Reduction ratio

CH4

233

357

0.35

72

169

0.57

NOx

79

141

0.44

14

68

0.79

NMVOC

126

161

0.22

34

86

0.60