Interactions between global climate change strategies and local air pollution: lessons learnt from the expansion of the power sector in Brazil
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Journal Article
Abstract
This study examines the interactions between local air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions to assess potential synergies and trade-offs between local environmental pollution and climate policies, using the power generation sector in Brazil under different carbon scenarios up to 2050 as a case study. To this end, an integrated approach was developed, combining energy scenarios under different carbon mitigation targets and a local air pollution assessment model, tailored to the context of the Brazilian power sector. Results reveal that there are deep interactions between climate change mitigation and local air pollution abatement strategies. Increasing the diffusion of low-carbon technologies results in both mitigation of climate change and lower terrestrial acidification potential impacts, due to the rapid phase-out of fossil fuel power technologies. However, local air pollution indicators for particulate matter formation and human toxicity may rise in response to greenhouse gas emission mitigation constraints, indicating the existence of potential trade-offs. Some of these trade-offs can be offset by introducing available end-of-pipe pollution control measures reinforced by dedicated air quality policies.
Date Issued
2018-05-01
Date Acceptance
2018-03-24
Citation
Climatic Change, 2018, 148 (1-2), pp.293-309
ISSN
0165-0009
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
293
End Page
309
Journal / Book Title
Climatic Change
Volume
148
Issue
1-2
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Physical Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Energy use in the power sector
MESSAGE-Brazil
Environmental co-benefits
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS
CO-BENEFITS
CHANGE MITIGATION
POLICIES
QUALITY
SCENARIOS
SECURITY
HEALTH
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-04-26