Public health co-benefits of greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A systematic review.

作者：Jinghong Gao, S. Kovats, S. Vardoulakis, P. Wilkinson, A. Woodward, Jing Li, Shao-hua Gu, Xiaobo Liu, Haixia Wu, Jun Wang, Xiaoqin Song, Yun-kai Zhai, Jie Zhao, Qiyong Liu · 发表于：Science of the Total Environment · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.193 · 被引用次数：135 · 研究领域：Medicine、Business

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Public health co-benefits from curbing climate change can make greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategies more attractive and increase their implementation. The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize the evidence of these health co-benefits to improve our understanding of the mitigation measures involved, potential mechanisms, and relevant uncertainties. METHODS A comprehensive search for peer-reviewed studies published in English was conducted using the primary electronic databases. Reference lists from these articles were reviewed and manual searches were performed to supplement relevant studies. The identified records were screened based on inclusion criteria. We extracted data from the final retrieved papers using a pre-designed data extraction form and a quality assessment was conducted. The studies were heterogeneities, so meta-analysis was not possible and instead evidence was synthesized using narrative summaries. RESULTS Thirty-six studies were identified. We identified GHG mitigation strategies in five domains - energy generation, transportation, food and agriculture, households, and industry and economy - which usually, although not always, bring co-benefits for public health. These health gains are likely to be multiplied by comprehensive measures that include more than one sectors. CONCLUSIONS GHG mitigation strategies can bring about substantial and possibly cost-effective public health co-benefits. These findings are h...