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Public Health Co-Benefits of the Diffusion of Innovative Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies in Abu Dhabi
William Dougherty1*, David Yates2 and Paul Kucera21Climate Change Research Group, Walpole, MA, USA
2National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- William Dougherty
Climate Change Research Group
Walpole, MA, USA
Tel: +5086680980
E-mail: billd@ccr-group.org
Received date: October 11, 2017; Accepted date: October 13, 2017; Published date: October 20, 2017
Citation: Dougherty W, Yates D, Kucera P (2017) Public Health Co-Benefits of the Diffusion of Innovative Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies in Abu Dhabi. Innov Ener Res S1:002. doi: 10.4172/2576-1463.S1-002
Copyright: © 2017 Dougherty W, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The emirate of Abu Dhabi has been active in the implementation of innovative technologies to reduce its carbon footprint from energy consuming activities in the power supply and transport sectors. While the reduction in GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions from these technologies has been quantified, to date, there has not been a comprehensive assessment of the positive impacts that such measures could have on public health. These are considered a “co-benefit” of GHG mitigation, namely the simultaneous improvement in air quality and public health associated with the dissemination of technologies that reduce GHG emissions. Public health co-benefits include reductions in the incidence of, for example, respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular disease, and allergies. A scenario-based, integrated damage model was developed to integrate local meteorology and air quality conditions, innovative technology performance characteristics in power supply and transport, demographic features/trends, and epidemiological dose-response functions. The results of the study indicate that future efforts in the Abu Dhabi Emirate to expand and intensify GHG-reducing activities using innovative technologies - particularly in the energy and transport sectors where the majority of potential GHG reductions exist - will lead to substantial public health co-benefits.
