Reducing global air pollution: the scope for further policy interventions.

ABSTRACT: Over the last decades, energy and pollution control policies combined with structural changes in the economy decoupled emission trends from economic growth, increasingly also in the developing world. It is found that effective implementation of the presently decided national pollution control regulations should allow further economic growth without major deterioration of ambient air quality, but will not be enough to reduce pollution levels in many world regions. A combination of ambitious policies focusing on pollution controls, energy and climate, agricultural production systems and addressing human consumption habits could drastically improve air quality throughout the world. By 2040, mean population exposure to PM2.5 from anthropogenic sources could be reduced by about 75% relative to

SUBMITTER: Amann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536039 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature