Health impacts of fine particles under climate change mitigation, air quality control, and demographic change in India

Abstract. Ozone holds a certain fascination in atmospheric science. It is ubiquitous in the atmosphere, central to tropospheric oxidation chemistry, yet harmful to human and ecosystem health as well as being an important greenhouse gas. It is not emitted into the atmosphere but is a by-product of the very oxidation chemistry it largely initiates. Much effort is focussed on the reduction of surface levels of ozone owing to its health impacts but recent efforts to achieve reductions in exposure at a country scale have proved difficult to achieve due to increases in background ozone at the zonal hemispheric scale. There is also a growing realisation that the role of ozone as a short-lived climate pollutant could be important in integrated air quality climate-change mitigation. This review examines current understanding of the processes regulating tropospheric ozone at global to local scales from both measurements and models. It takes the view that knowledge across the scales is important for dealing with air quality and climate change in a synergistic manner.

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Health impacts of climate change mitigation

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1307/6/14/142022 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 6 (14) ◽

pp. 142022

Author(s):

Virpi Kollanus ◽

M Jantunen ◽

M V Pohjola ◽

P Ahtoniemi ◽

J T Tuomisto

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Health Impacts ◽

Change Mitigation ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

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Contribution of Ecosystem Services to Air Quality and Climate Change Mitigation Policies: The Case of Urban Forests in Barcelona, Spain

AMBIO ◽

10.1007/s13280-014-0507-x ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 466-479 ◽

Cited By ~ 155

Author(s):

Francesc Baró ◽

Lydia Chaparro ◽

Erik Gómez-Baggethun ◽

Johannes Langemeyer ◽

David J. Nowak ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Air Quality ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Urban Forests ◽

Change Mitigation ◽

Mitigation Policies

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Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation for Public Transport in Different Cities of Vietnam

VNU Journal of Science Earth and Environmental Sciences ◽

10.25073/2588-1094/vnuees.4419 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Nghiem Trung Dung ◽

Nguyen Thi Yen Lien ◽

Tran Thu Trang ◽

Dao Duy Nam

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Air Quality ◽

Public Transport ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Scientific Basis ◽

Ho Chi Minh City ◽

Air Pollution Control ◽

Transport Emission ◽

Ive Model ◽

Change Mitigation

Potentiality of co-benefits for public transport at cities of different grades in Vietnam namely Ho Chi Minh city (special city), Da Nang (centrally-run grade I city) and Vinh (grade I city under the province) in 2013 was studied. Taxis in Da Nang and Vinh, and buses in Ho Chi Minh City were selected for the study. A same methodology was used for all cities. In each city, three areas and nine routes in inner city were selected for conducting this study. Information on the technical conditions of vehicles was collected by questionnaires. Traffic volume was determined by vehicle counting. The real–world driving data of vehicles were recorded by GPS technology. All collected data were processed to generate input files to run IVE model associated with base state and three proposed scenarios of climate change mitigation. Emission factors (EF) of air pollutants for these transport means were determined. Co-benefits of climate, air quality and health for the scenarios in three cities were assessed. The obtained results in this study can be used as a scientific basis for integrated air quality management in the cities in general and for air pollution control of public transport in particular. co-benefits, public transport, emission factor, IVE model, Vietnam.

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