Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10442532 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 2015 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Fragmented climate policies across parties of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change have led to the question of whether initiating significant and immediate climate change mitigation can support the achievement of other non-climate objectives. We analyze such potential co-benefits in connection with a range of mitigation efforts using results from eleven integrated assessment models. These model results suggest that an immediate mitigation of climate change coincide for Europe with an increase in energy security and a higher utilization of non-biomass renewable energy technologies. In addition, the importance of phasing out coal is highlighted with external cost estimates showing substantial health benefits consistent with the range of mitigation efforts.
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Authors
Valeria Jana Schwanitz, Thomas Longden, Brigitte Knopf, Pantelis Capros,