Modelling the impacts of net zero policies on air quality and health equity in the West Midlands, UK
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Zhong, Jian 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hall, James, Hodgson, James, Jowett, Sue, Bartington, Suzanne, Bloss, William and Shi, Zongbo
(2024)
Modelling the impacts of net zero policies on air quality and health equity in the West Midlands, UK.
In: 2024 UKRI/Met Office Clean Air Programme Conference ‘Analysis and Solutions: Responding to the Clean Air Challenge‘ (Transition Clean Air Network), 2nd - 3rd October 2024, Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, Birmingham.
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Abstract
Climate change and air pollution are closely interlinked since carbon dioxide and air pollutants are co-emitted from fossil fuel combustion. Net Zero (NZ) policies aiming to reduce carbon emissions will likely bring co-benefits in air quality and associated health. However, it is unknown whether regional NZ policies alone will be sufficient to reduce air pollutant levels to meet the latest 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. The purpose of this paper is to quantify air quality co-benefits of regional/local net zero policies at a high spatial resolution, and to assess their contribution to population attainment of 2021 WHO interim targets and air quality guideline levels and mortality and morbidity impacts, using the West Midlands, UK as a case study. Applying this approach we provide a specific example of the linkage between climate change mitigation options, air quality and health equity.
| Item Type: | Conference or Conference Paper (Speech) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate change, air quality, net zero, World Health Organisation, environmental health inequality |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS) |
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| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2025 16:39 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49600 |
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