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Co-benefits of mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions for future air quality and human health

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  • J. Jason West

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Steven J. Smith

    (Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

  • Raquel A. Silva

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Vaishali Naik

    (UCAR/NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)

  • Yuqiang Zhang

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Zachariah Adelman

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Meridith M. Fry

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Susan Anenberg

    (US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • Larry W. Horowitz

    (NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)

  • Jean-Francois Lamarque

    (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

Abstract

Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions often reduces co-emitted air pollutants, with advantages for human health. Avoided mortality from air pollution, a co-benefit of CO2 abatement, is estimated under global climate change mitigation scenarios to be in the range of US$50–US$380 per tonne of CO2. This exceeds the projected mitigation costs for 2030 and 2050, and is within the lower range of costs expected in 2100.

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  • J. Jason West & Steven J. Smith & Raquel A. Silva & Vaishali Naik & Yuqiang Zhang & Zachariah Adelman & Meridith M. Fry & Susan Anenberg & Larry W. Horowitz & Jean-Francois Lamarque, 2013. "Co-benefits of mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions for future air quality and human health," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(10), pages 885-889, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:10:d:10.1038_nclimate2009
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2009
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