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Using Dr. Shindell’s New State-Based Climate Policy Health

Co-Benefits Tool

Presentation Slides: cclusa.org/state-climate-health-tool

December 9, 2021

Dana Nuccitelli

�Environmental Scientist, Climate Journalist

CCL Science Policy Network Lead

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Three Learning Goals

The health and crop benefits of climate policy resulting from cleaner air

How to use Shindell’s state-level co-benefits website tool

About Dr. Drew Shindell and his recent research

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About Our Speaker

Dana Nuccitelli

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  • CCL Research Coordinator
  • Environmental Scientist
  • Climate Journalist

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Drew Shindell

  • Nicholas Professor of Earth Science at Duke University
  • B.S. in physics from UC Berkeley, PhD in physics from Stony Brook University
  • 1995–2014 at NASA GISS and taught at Columbia University
  • Studies climate change, air quality, and links between science and policy
  • Author of over 250 peer-reviewed studies
  • Received awards from Scientific American, NASA, the NSF, and the EPA
  • Coordinating Lead Author on the 2013 Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC and on the 2018 IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C
  • Testified to Congress as an expert on climate, air pollution, and health

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November 2021 PNAS Study

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Shindell Results Overview

Cleaner air resulting from meeting America’s Paris targets would avoid over the next 50 years in the USA:

  • 4.5 million premature deaths
  • 1.4 million hospitalizations and emergency room visits
  • 300 million lost workdays
  • 1.7 million incidences of dementia
  • 440 million tons of crop losses

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How? Co-Benefits!

Burning fossil fuels also releases pollutants that create higher levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone

  • Ozone can aggravate lung diseases like asthma and emphysema
  • PM2.5 can cause premature death in people with heart problems or lung disease and can also aggravate asthma
  • These cause 250,000 premature deaths in the U.S. annually and cause lost workdays
  • Ozone pollution also hampers crop productivity
  • PM2.5 seems to increase the incidence of dementia

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Value of a Statistical Life

  • Some of these benefits (e.g., avoided lost workdays, improved crop yields, lower healthcare costs) have economic benefits that can be quantified. But what about avoided premature deaths?
  • “Value of a statistical life” can be estimated by asking people how much they would be willing to pay to reduce their risk of death in a given year.
  • The resulting numbers are big! But they represent a subjective value, not a direct boost to the economy. It’s important to be careful with these numbers.

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Immediate Local Clean Air Benefits

  • Meeting America’s Paris pledge would yield for California over the next 20 years:
    • 150,000 avoided premature deaths from air pollution valued at $1.5 trillion
    • 7.6 million fewer lost workdays due to air pollution worth $1.4 billion
    • 44,000 fewer cases of dementia
    • Increase wheat production by 70 million bushels worth $400 million
    • Increase corn production by 150 million bushels worth $670 million

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Thank You!

Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981

E-mail: dana.nuccitelli@citizensclimate.org

http://shindellgroup.rc.duke.edu/apps/decarb/

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