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dc.contributor.authorSilva, R.
dc.contributor.authorWest, J.
dc.contributor.authorLamarque, J.
dc.contributor.authorShindell, D.
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Bill
dc.contributor.authorFaluvegi, G.
dc.contributor.authorFolberth, G.
dc.contributor.authorHorowitz, L.
dc.contributor.authorNagashima, T.
dc.contributor.authorNaik, V.
dc.contributor.authorRumbold, S.
dc.contributor.authorSudo, K.
dc.contributor.authorTakemura, T.
dc.contributor.authorBergmann, D.
dc.contributor.authorCameron-Smith, P.
dc.contributor.authorDoherty, R.
dc.contributor.authorJosse, B.
dc.contributor.authorMacKenzie, I.
dc.contributor.authorStevenson, D.
dc.contributor.authorZeng, G.
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T08:00:13Z
dc.date.available2018-01-30T08:00:13Z
dc.date.created2018-01-30T05:59:16Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationSilva, R. and West, J. and Lamarque, J. and Shindell, D. and Collins, B. and Faluvegi, G. and Folberth, G. et al. 2017. Future global mortality from changes in air pollution attributable to climate change. Nature Climate Change. 7 (9): pp. 647-651.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60384
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/nclimate3354
dc.description.abstract

Ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) are associated with premature human mortality; their future concentrations depend on changes in emissions, which dominate the near-term, and on climate change. Previous global studies of the air-quality-related health effects of future climate change used single atmospheric models. However, in related studies, mortality results differ among models. Here we use an ensemble of global chemistry-climate models to show that premature mortality from changes in air pollution attributable to climate change, under the high greenhouse gas scenario RCP8.5 (ref.), is probably positive. We estimate 3,340 (-30,300 to 47,100) ozone-related deaths in 2030, relative to 2000 climate, and 43,600 (-195,000 to 237,000) in 2100 (14% of the increase in global ozone-related mortality). For PM 2.5 , we estimate 55,600 (-34,300 to 164,000) deaths in 2030 and 215,000 (-76,100 to 595,000) in 2100 (countering by 16% the global decrease in PM 2.5 -related mortality). Premature mortality attributable to climate change is estimated to be positive in all regions except Africa, and is greatest in India and East Asia. Most individual models yield increased mortality from climate change, but some yield decreases, suggesting caution in interpreting results from a single model. Climate change mitigation is likely to reduce air-pollution-related mortality.

dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.titleFuture global mortality from changes in air pollution attributable to climate change
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume7
dcterms.source.number9
dcterms.source.startPage647
dcterms.source.endPage651
dcterms.source.issn1758-678X
dcterms.source.titleNature Climate Change
curtin.departmentSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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