Global Energy and Climate Outlook 2017: How climate policies improve air quality
This study shows that achieving the climate change mitigation target of staying below 2°C temperature rise is possible technically – thanks to an acceleration of decarbonisation trends, an increased electrification of final demand and large changes in the primary energy mix that include a phase out of coal and a reduction of oil and gas – and is consistent with economic growth. It yields co-benefits via improved air quality – including avoided deaths, reduction of respiratory diseases and agricultural productivity improvement – that largely offset the cost of climate change mitigation. These co-benefits arise without extra investment costs and are additional to the benefits of avoiding global warming and its impact on the economy.
KITOUS Alban Gabriel;
KERAMIDAS Kimon;
VANDYCK Toon;
SAVEYN Bert;
VAN DINGENEN Rita;
SPADARO Joe;
HOLLAND Mike;
2017-10-26
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC107944
978-92-79-73864-7 (online),
978-92-79-75275-9,
1831-9424,
EUR 28798 EN,
OP KJ-NA-28798-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-28798-EN-E,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC107944,
10.2760/474356 (online),
10.2760/34111,
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