Global Energy and Climate Outlook 2017: How climate policies improve air quality

Alban Kitous (), Kimon Keramidas, Toon Vandyck (), Bert Saveyn, Rita Van Dingenen (), Joe Spadaro and Mike Holland
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Alban Kitous: European Commission – JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Toon Vandyck: European Commission – JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Rita Van Dingenen: European Commission – JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Joe Spadaro: Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Bilbao, Spain
Mike Holland: Ecometrics Research and Consulting (EMRC), Reading, U.K.

No JRC107944, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: climate; mitigation; GHG emissions; energy; energy demand; energy supply; power generation; energy investment; modelling; POLES; GEM-E3; TM5-FASST; air pollution; air quality; mitigation cost; macroeconomic impacts; health impacts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 151 pages
Date: 2017-10
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