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Interactions between global climate change strategies and local air pollution: lessons learnt from the expansion of the power sector in Brazil
- Source :
- Climatic Change
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Abstract
- This study examines the interactions between local air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions to assess potential synergies and trade-offs between local environmental pollution and climate policies, using the power generation sector in Brazil under different carbon scenarios up to 2050 as a case study. To this end, an integrated approach was developed, combining energy scenarios under different carbon mitigation targets and a local air pollution assessment model, tailored to the context of the Brazilian power sector. Results reveal that there are deep interactions between climate change mitigation and local air pollution abatement strategies. Increasing the diffusion of low-carbon technologies results in both mitigation of climate change and lower terrestrial acidification potential impacts, due to the rapid phase-out of fossil fuel power technologies. However, local air pollution indicators for particulate matter formation and human toxicity may rise in response to greenhouse gas emission mitigation constraints, indicating the existence of potential trade-offs. Some of these trade-offs can be offset by introducing available end-of-pipe pollution control measures reinforced by dedicated air quality policies.
- Subjects :
- Pollution
Atmospheric Science
Natural resource economics
020209 energy
media_common.quotation_subject
Air pollution
Climate change
Environmental pollution
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
02 engineering and technology
medicine.disease_cause
CHANGE MITIGATION
7. Clean energy
MESSAGE-Brazil
12. Responsible consumption
Energy use in the power sector
11. Sustainability
MD Multidisciplinary
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
medicine
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
QUALITY
Air quality index
media_common
SECURITY
Global and Planetary Change
Science & Technology
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS
Global warming
Environmental co-benefits
POLICIES
SCENARIOS
CO-BENEFITS
Climate change mitigation
13. Climate action
Greenhouse gas
Physical Sciences
Environmental science
HEALTH
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Environmental Sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15731480 and 01650009
- Volume :
- 148
- Issue :
- 1-2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Climatic Change
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....170111303951a73a4e4fb6b4d96dec01
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2193-3