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Taxonomy Archive: Economics/cost analysis
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat stress to wipe billions off GDP in India, China
The massive economic and health losses that climate change is already causing across the world are detailed in six scientific papers published today. Perhaps most striking is the warning about large productivity losses already being experienced due to heat stress, which can already be calculated for 43 countries. The paper estimates ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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ReFED
A data-driven guide for businesses, government, funders, and nonprofits to collectively reduce food waste at scale. Together, we can reduce U.S. food waste by 50% by 2030.
20 Apr 2018 |
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The economics of health and climate change: key evidence for decision making
Background: In responding to the health challenges of climate change, those responsible for health policies and resource allocations need to know the resource consequences of their decisions. This article examines the availability and strength of economic evidence for policy makers to draw on in making health policy decisions. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health and climate benefits of different energy-efficiency and renewable energy choices
Energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) can benefit public health and the climate by displacing emissions from fossil-fuelled electrical generating units (EGUs). Benefits can vary substantially by EE/RE installation type and location, due to differing electricity generation or savings by location, characteristics of the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The green dividend of urban biking? Evidence of improved community and sustainable development
As the cost of car ownership has skyrocketed, urban biking has experienced the largest share increase of any transportation mode, rising by 40% between the years 2000 and 2014. Growing attention is being paid to the potential local economic development impacts of urban neighbourhoods becoming more bike-friendly. It is now a green ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The importance of health co-benefits in macroeconomic assessments of UK Greenhouse Gas emission reduction strategies
We employ a single-country dynamically-recursive Computable General Equilibrium model to make health-focussed macroeconomic assessments of three contingent UK Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation strategies, designed to achieve 2030 emission targets as suggested by the UK Committee on Climate Change. In contrast to previous assessment ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Implications of incorporating air-quality co-benefits into climate change policymaking
We present an analysis of the barriers and opportunities for incorporating air quality co-benefits into climate policy ssessments. It is well known that many strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions also decrease emissions of health-damaging air pollutants and precursor species, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role – A Look at the Health Costs of Climate Change and Co-Benefits of Climate Action
This webinar explores the economic cost of health and climate events, and the potential co-benefits of health from acting on climate change. As public health professionals, its important that we tie our work to initiatives in other sectors and highlight the importance of health in these other activities.Dr. Kim Knowlton presents a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat, Human Performance, and Occupational Health: A Key Issue for the Assessment of Global Climate Change Impacts
Ambient heat exposure is a well-known health hazard, which reduces human performance and work capacity at heat levels already common in tropical and subtropical areas. Various health problems have been reported. Increasing heat exposure during the hottest seasons of each year is a key feature of global climate change. Heat exhaustion ...