DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1262-5
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84939882792
论文题名: A wedge-based approach to estimating health co-benefits of climate change mitigation activities in the United States
作者: Balbus J.M. ; Greenblatt J.B. ; Chari R. ; Millstein D. ; Ebi K.L.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2014
卷: 127, 期: 2 起始页码: 199
结束页码: 210
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Carbon dioxide
; Gas emissions
; Greenhouse gases
; Health
; Climate change mitigation
; Climate mitigations
; Economic benefits
; Fine particulate matter
; Health co-benefits
; Policy decisions
; Reduction activity
; Specific activity
; Climate change
英文摘要: While it has been recognized that actions reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can have significant positive and negative impacts on human health through reductions in ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations, these impacts are rarely taken into account when analyzing specific policies. This study presents a new framework for estimating the change in health outcomes resulting from implementation of specific carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction activities, allowing comparison of different sectors and options for climate mitigation activities. Our estimates suggest that in the year 2020, the reductions in adverse health outcomes from lessened exposure to PM2.5 would yield economic benefits in the range of $6 to $30 billion (in 2008 USD), depending on the specific activity. This equates to between $40 and $198 per metric ton of CO2 in health benefits. Specific climate interventions will vary in the health co-benefits they provide as well as in potential harms that may result from their implementation. Rigorous assessment of these health impacts is essential for guiding policy decisions as efforts to reduce GHG emissions increase in scope and intensity. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht (outside the USA). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84714
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 31 Center Drive, Room B1C02, Bethesda, MD, United States; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States; RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Balbus J.M.,Greenblatt J.B.,Chari R.,et al. A wedge-based approach to estimating health co-benefits of climate change mitigation activities in the United States[J]. Climatic Change,2014-01-01,127(2)