Future air pollution in the Shared Socio-economic Pathways
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis · Norwegian Institute of Public Health · +14 more institutions
Abstract
Emissions of air pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen oxides and particulates have significant health impacts as well as effects on natural and anthropogenic ecosystems. These same emissions also can change atmospheric chemistry and the planetary energy balance, thereby impacting global and regional climate. Long-term scenarios for air pollutant emissions are needed as inputs to global climate and chemistry models, and for analysis linking air pollutant impacts across sectors. In this paper we present methodology and results for air pollutant emissions in Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) scenarios. We first present a set of three air pollution narratives that describe high, central, and low pollution…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 21.21
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 54
Authors
27- SRShilpa RaoCorresponding
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- ZKZbigniew Klimont
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
- SJSteven J. Smith
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States), University of Maryland, College Park
- RVRita Van Dingenen
Joint Research Centre
- FDFrank Dentener
Joint Research Centre
Topics & keywords
- Pollutant
- Air pollution
- Environmental science
- Climate change
- Air quality index
- Pollution
- Particulates
- Environmental protection
- Climate action