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Elsevier, Environmental Science and Policy, (50), p. 252-269, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.03.001

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Moving towards ambitious climate policies: Monetised health benefits from improved air quality could offset mitigation costs in Europe

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Abstract

Air quality and related health effects are not only affected by policies directly addressed at air pollution but also by other environmental strategies such as climate mitigation. This study addresses how different climate policy pathways indirectly bear upon air pollution in terms of improved human health in Europe. To this end, we put in perspective mitigation costs and monetised health benefits of reducing PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 μm in diameter) and ozone concentrations.