@article {1428341,
	title = {Air quality and health co-benefits of China{\textquoteright}s carbon dioxide emissions peaking before 2030},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {13},
	year = {2022},
	abstract = {<p>
	Recent evidence shows that carbon emissions in China are likely to peak ahead of 2030.\&nbsp;However, the social and economic impacts of such an early carbon peak have rarely been\&nbsp;assessed. Here we focus on the economic costs and health benefits of different carbon\&nbsp;mitigation pathways, considering both possible socio-economic futures and varying ambitions\&nbsp;of climate policies. We find that an early peak before 2030 in line with the 1.5  C target\&nbsp;could avoid ~118,000 and ~614,000 PM2.5 attributable deaths under the Shared Socioeconomic\&nbsp;Pathway 1, in 2030 and 2050, respectively. Under the 2  C target, carbon mitigation\&nbsp;costs could be more than offset by health co-benefits in 2050, bringing a net benefit of\&nbsp;$393{\textendash}$3,017 billion (in 2017 USD value). This study not only provides insight into potential\&nbsp;health benefits of an early peak in China, but also suggests that similar benefits may result\&nbsp;from more ambitious climate targets in other countries.
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},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28672-3},
	author = {Rong Tang and Jing Zhao and Liu,Yifan and Xin Huang and Zhang, Yanxu and Derong Zhou and Aijun Ding and Chris Nielsen and Wang, Haikun}
}
