Journal
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 398-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0139-4
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- Eni S.p.A.
- French Development Agency (AFD)
- ICF International and Shell International Limited
- China Energy and Climate Project (CECP)
- National Science Foundation of China [71690244]
- US Department of Energy, Energy Information Agency [DE-EI0003030]
- MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
- US Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-94ER61937]
- Tang Fellowship
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Climate policies targeting energy-related CO2 emissions, which act on a global scale over long time horizons, can result in localized, near-term reductions in both air pollution and adverse human health impacts. Focusing on China, the largest energy-using and CO2-emitting nation, we develop a cross-scale modelling approach to quantify these air quality co-benefits, and compare them to the economic costs of climate policy. We simulate the effects of an illustrative climate policy, a price on CO2 emissions. In a policy scenario consistent with China's recent pledge to reach a peak in CO2 emissions by 2030, we project that national health co-benefits from improved air quality would partially or fully offset policy costs depending on chosen health valuation. Net health co-benefits are found to rise with increasing policy stringency.
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