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Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation depend on strategic power plant retirements and pollution...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 November 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01216-1Climate mitigation policies often provide health co-benefits. Analysis of individual power plants under future climate–energy policy...
Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 November 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01215-2Current emissions scenarios include pathways that overshoot the temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement...
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