The economic benefits of international co-operation to improve air quality in Northeast Asia: A focus on Japan, Korea and China

Elisa Lanzi, Enrico Botta, Grace Alexander, Daniel Ostalé Valriberas, Zbigniew Klimont, Gregor Kiesewetter, Chris Heyes and Rita Van Dingenen
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Elisa Lanzi: OECD
Enrico Botta: OECD
Grace Alexander: OECD
Daniel Ostalé Valriberas: OECD
Zbigniew Klimont: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Gregor Kiesewetter: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Chris Heyes: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Rita Van Dingenen: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

No 197, OECD Environment Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: Air pollution is a global challenge to people’s health and has severe economic consequences. The region of Northeast Asia is no exception. Across most regions in Japan, and in the entire territories of Korea and China, annual average concentrations of fine particulate matter are above the guideline levels indicated by the World Health Organisation, indicating a risk to health. Policy action to tackle air pollution across the three countries, could prevent air pollution related illnesses and deaths, without affecting economic growth.This report presents projections for the impact of air pollution polices until 2050, with differing levels of regional coordination. Projections for current policies are compared with unilateral policy action, whereby each of the three countries introduce more stringent policies to tackle air pollution; alongside regionally coordinated policy action by all three countries; and policy action on a global level. The report presents the health, agricultural and economic impacts, and identifies considerable benefits from further coordination on air pollution policies, such as with regional and global policy action.

Keywords: air pollution; air quality; best available techniques; computable general equilibrium models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 Q52 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-07-29
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