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Taxonomy Archive: co-benefits/co-harms
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: household energy
Energy used in dwellings is an important target for actions to avert climate change. Properly designed and implemented, such actions could have major co-benefits for public health. To investigate, we examined the effect of hypothetical strategies to improve energy efficiency in UK housing stock and to introduce 150 million ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Cobenefits of replacing car trips with alternative transportation: a review of evidence and methodological issues
It has been reported that motor vehicle emissions contribute nearly a quarter of world energy-related greenhouse gases and cause nonnegligible air pollution primarily in urban areas. Reducing car use and increasing ecofriendly alternative transport, such as public and active transport, are efficient approaches to mitigate harmful ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Professionals: Sign Letter to Support Strong Methane Standards
We, the undersigned physicians, nurses, and health professionals, strongly support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rules to reduce industrial methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from new oil and gas sources. These standards will not only help to mitigate climate change and its associated health risks ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Toolkit 2016
Resources to help reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in your practice. Physicians can play a substantial role in addressing climate change by advocating for climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and educating themselves about climate change and how it affects public and individual health, and the potential ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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State of the Air 2016
The “State of the Air 2016” found con nued improvement in air quality in 2012–2014, showing lower levels of year-round par cle pollu on and ozone. S ll, more than half of all Americans—166 million people—live in coun es where they are exposed to unhealthful levels of these pollutants. The “State of the Air 2016” […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-Benefits
The health of human populations is sensitive to shifts in weather patterns and other aspects of climate change (very high confidence). These effects occur directly, due to changes in temperature and precipitation and occurrence of heat waves, floods, droughts, and fires. Indirectly, health may be damaged by ecological disruptions ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Boosting the Benefits: Improving Air Quality and Health by Reducing Global Warming Pollution in California
The California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) provides a significant opportunity to improve air quality and public health in the state. Our new analysis shows that many strategies for combating global warming will reduce air pollution, which lowers health risks. In fact, measures being considered for implementation under AB 32 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: housing sector
This report considers the scientific evidence regarding possible health gains and, where relevant, health risks of climate change mitigation measures in the residential housing sector.This analysis reviews and evaluates the potential health impacts of mitigation strategies and technologies for the residential building sector, with a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: transport sector
Cycling, walking and rapid transit systems are associated with a wide range of potential health benefits that climate assessment needs to consider more systematically. Health benefits may include: physical activity from walking and cycling, which can help prevent heart disease, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and some obesity-related ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Co-benefits to health of climate change mitigation: Household energy in developing countries
New technologies for more efficient household fuel use in developing regions hold some of the greatest potential co-benefits for both health and climate in the household energy sector because they greatly reduce emissions. These interventions offer other co-benefits to health, gender equity and sustainable development for billions of ...