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Climate and health impacts of US emissions reductions consistent with 2 °C

Drew T. Shindell (), Yunha Lee and Greg Faluvegi
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Drew T. Shindell: Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Yunha Lee: Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Greg Faluvegi: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 5, 503-507

Abstract: If the US were to implement power and transport policies consistent with a 2 °C scenario, it could prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year and be worth billions of dollars to the US economy.

Date: 2016
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