BC3 Journal Article: Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study
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Markandya A., Sampedro J., Smith SJ., Van Dingenen R., Pizarro-Irizar C., Arto I., González-Eguino M. 2018. Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health. DOI (10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30029-9).
Abstract
Although the co-benefits from addressing problems related to both climate change and air pollution have been recognised, there is not much evidence comparing the mitigation costs and economic benefits of air pollution reduction for alternative approaches to meeting greenhouse gas targets. We analysed the extent to which health co-benefits would compensate the mitigation cost of achieving the targets of the Paris climate agreement (2°C and 1·5°C) under different scenarios in which the emissions abatement effort is shared between countries in accordance with three established equity criteria.