Quantified, localized health benefits of accelerated carbon dioxide emissions reductions

Quantified, localized health benefits of accelerated carbon dioxide emissions reductions

Quantified, localized health benefits of accelerated carbon dioxide emissions reductions, Published online: 19 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0108-y

Emission mitigation is required to achieve global climate ambitions but can also offer local benefits. Reduction in air pollution because of low-carbon emission trajectories is shown to result in approximately 150 million fewer premature deaths worldwide.