Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study

Markandya, Anil; Sampedro, Jon; Smith, Steven J.; Van Dingenen, Rita; Pizarro-Irizar, Cristina; Arto, Iñaki; González-Eguino, Mikel

doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30029-9

Title: Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study

Journal Article · 02 March 2018 · The Lancet Planetary Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30029-9 · OSTI ID:1424830

Markandya, Anil ^[1]; Sampedro, Jon ^[1]; Smith, Steven J. ^[2]; Van Dingenen, Rita ^[3]; Pizarro-Irizar, Cristina ^[4]; Arto, Iñaki ^[1]; González-Eguino, Mikel ^[4]

Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa (Spain)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Transport and Climate Directorate, Ispra (Italy)
Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa (Spain); Univ. of the Basque Country, Donostia (Spain)

While the co-benefits from addressing both climate change and air pollution related problems have been clearly recognized, there is not much evidence comparing the mitigation costs and economic benefits of air pollution reduction for alternative scenarios to reduce greenhouse gases. This study analyses the extent to which the health co-benefits would compensate the mitigation cost of achieving the targets of Paris Agreement (2ºC and 1·5ºC) under different scenarios where the emissions abatement effort is shared between countries according to three established equity criteria.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1424830

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-132141; 453040180

Journal Information:: The Lancet Planetary Health, Vol. 2, Issue 3; Related Information: pages e126–e133; ISSN 2542-5196

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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