Health Co-Benefits of Environmental Changes in the Context of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Climate change mitigation policies aimed at limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would bring substantial health co-benefits by directly alleviating climate change or indirectly reducing air pollution. As one of the largest developing countries and GHG emitter globally, China's carbon-peaking and carbon neutrality goals would lead to substantial co-benefits on global environment and therefore on human health. This review summarized the key findings and gaps in studies on the impact of China's carbon mitigation strategies on human health.

Highlights

There is a wide consensus that limiting the temperature rise well below 2 °C would markedly reduce the climate-related health impacts compared with high emission scenario, although heat-related mortalities, labor prod

SUBMITTER: Zhang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446102 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature