Local Mortality Impacts Due to Future Air Pollution Under Climate Change Scenarios

16 Pages Posted: 9 Dec 2021

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Vijendra Ingole

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Asya Dimitrova

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Jon Sampedro

Government of the United States of America - Joint Global Change Research Institute

Charfudin Sacoor

Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça

Sozinho Acacio

Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM)

Sanjay Juvekar

KEM Hospital Research Centre - Vadu Rural Health Program

Sudipto Roy

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Paula Moraga

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Xavier Basagaña

ISGlobal

Joan Ballester

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Josep M. Antó

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Cathryn Tonne

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Abstract

IntroductionThe health impacts of global climate change mitigation will affect local populations differently. We aimed to quantify the local health impacts due to fine particles (PM 2.5 ) under the governance arrangements embedded in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs1-5) under two greenhouse gas concentration scenarios (Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 2.6 and 8.5) in local populations of Mozambique, India, and Spain.MethodsWe simulated the SSP-RCP scenarios using the Global Change Analysis Model, which was linked to the TM5-FASST model to estimate PM 2.5 levels. PM 2.5 levels were calibrated with local measurements. We used comparative risk assessment methods to estimate attributable premature deaths due to PM 2.5 linking local population and mortality data with PM 2.5 –mortality relationships from the literature. We incorporated population projections under the SSPs in sensitivity analysis.ResultsPM 2.5 attributable burdens in 2050 differed across SSP-RCP scenarios, and scenario-sensitivity varied across populations. Future attributable mortality burden of PM 2.5 was highly sensitive to assumptions about how populations will change according to SSP. SSPs reflecting high challenges for adaptation (SSPs 3 and 4) consistently resulted in the highest PM 2.5 attributable burdens mid-century.DiscussionOur analysis of local PM 2.5 attributable premature deaths under SSP-RCP scenarios in three local populations highlights the importance of both socioeconomic development and climate policy in reducing the health burden from air pollution. Sensitivity of future PM 2.5 mortality burden to SSPs was particularly evident in low- and midlle- income country settings due either to high air pollution levels or dynamic populations.

Keywords: climate change mitigation, shared socioeconomic pathways, air pollution, mortality, representative concentration pathways

Suggested Citation

Ingole, Vijendra and Dimitrova, Asya and Sampedro, Jon and Sacoor, Charfudin and Acacio, Sozinho and Juvekar, Sanjay and Roy, Sudipto and Moraga, Paula and Basagaña, Xavier and Ballester, Joan and Antó, Josep M. and Tonne, Cathryn, Local Mortality Impacts Due to Future Air Pollution Under Climate Change Scenarios. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3967587 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3967587

Vijendra Ingole

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Asya Dimitrova

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Jon Sampedro

Government of the United States of America - Joint Global Change Research Institute ( email )

College Park, MD
United States

Charfudin Sacoor

Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça ( email )

Sozinho Acacio

Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM) ( email )

Sanjay Juvekar

KEM Hospital Research Centre - Vadu Rural Health Program ( email )

Pune, Maharashtra
India

Sudipto Roy

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Paula Moraga

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

No Address Available

Xavier Basagaña

ISGlobal ( email )

Joan Ballester

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

No Address Available

Josep M. Antó

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) ( email )

Cathryn Tonne (Contact Author)

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) ( email )

Barcelona, 08003
Spain

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