Simultaneously Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change and Improving Human Health and Food Security
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- 13 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 335 (6065), 183-189
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1210026
Abstract
Why Wait?: Tropospheric ozone can be dangerous to human health, can be harmful to vegetation, and is a major contributor to climate warming. Black carbon also has significant negative effects on health and air quality and causes warming of the atmosphere. Shindell et al. (p. 183 ) present results of an analysis of emissions, atmospheric processes, and impacts for each of these pollutants. Seven measures were identified that, if rapidly implemented, would significantly reduce global warming over the next 50 years, with the potential to prevent millions of deaths worldwide from outdoor air pollution. Furthermore, some crop yields could be improved by decreasing agricultural damage. Most of the measures thus appear to have economic benefits well above the cost of their implementation.Keywords
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