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Climate and health impacts of US emissions reductions consistent with 2 °C

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  • Drew T. Shindell

    (Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University)

  • Yunha Lee

    (Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University)

  • Greg Faluvegi

    (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies)

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If the US were to implement power and transport policies consistent with a 2 °C scenario, it could prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year and be worth billions of dollars to the US economy.

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  • Drew T. Shindell & Yunha Lee & Greg Faluvegi, 2016. "Climate and health impacts of US emissions reductions consistent with 2 °C," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(5), pages 503-507, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate2935
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2935
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    1. Yuqiang Zhang & Drew T. Shindell, 2021. "Costs from labor losses due to extreme heat in the USA attributable to climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1-18, February.
    2. Nicholas A. Mailloux & Colleen P. Henegan & Dorothy Lsoto & Kristen P. Patterson & Paul C. West & Jonathan A. Foley & Jonathan A. Patz, 2021. "Climate Solutions Double as Health Interventions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-15, December.
    3. Zhang, Dongyang, 2023. "Can environmental monitoring power transition curb corporate greenwashing behavior?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 199-218.
    4. Ou, Yang & Shi, Wenjing & Smith, Steven J. & Ledna, Catherine M. & West, J. Jason & Nolte, Christopher G. & Loughlin, Daniel H., 2018. "Estimating environmental co-benefits of U.S. low-carbon pathways using an integrated assessment model with state-level resolution," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 216(C), pages 482-493.
    5. Frederica Perera, 2017. "Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Combustion is the Leading Environmental Threat to Global Pediatric Health and Equity: Solutions Exist," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    6. Sileci, Lorenzo, 2023. "Carbon pricing with regressive co-benefits: evidence from British Columbia’s carbon tax," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121047, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    7. Jamie Yeung & Scott Walbridge & Carl Haas & Rebecca Saari, 2017. "Understanding the total life cycle cost implications of reusing structural steel," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 37(1), pages 101-120, March.
    8. Boyce, James K., 2018. "Carbon Pricing: Effectiveness and Equity," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 52-61.

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