International cooperative initiatives (ICIs) are multi-country, multi-actor non-state actions that have the potential to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. ICIs advocate the active participation of non-participating countries in actions to reduce emissions and help the participating countries strengthen their efforts. By reducing emissions, countries can more effectively achieve their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets. International cooperative initiatives are also conducive to countries to study the actual cost reduction to get more accurate cost-effective, which is an urgent problem for countries. The “co-benefits” of climate change mitigation by reducing emissions can offset costs and make it easier to generate economies of scale and accelerate emissions reduction processes. The “co-benefit” refers to the non-climate benefits arising from Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation strategies, such as improving the local air quality, human health, and other benefits that enhance resource efficiency and energy security.
At present, both developed and developing countries need to deal with climate change and reduce environmental pollution. Studying the co-benefits will help all countries to achieve their goals faster and more efficiently. From a spatial point of view, the inclusion of co-benefit measures in emission reduction costs will help countries accurately measure emission reduction costs and allow them to have a better right in global climate negotiations. From a temporal perspective, slowing down the greenhouse effect has a long-term benefit. Improving air quality and people’s health are the most short-term benefits. Thus, the co-benefits of climate change mitigation are clear, direct and effective. Therefore, research on the co-benefits of climate change mitigation helps facilitate the process of global climate negotiations and helps to change the traditional view on the cost and benefits of emission reduction.
This Research Topic welcomes contributions from scholars engaged in various fields to close the gaps and shed more light on the problems of co-benefits of climate change mitigation. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcomed.
Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Methods for assessing co-benefits in climate change mitigation, such as engineering model, computable general equilibrium, and econometric model;
• Literature review for co-benefits in climate change mitigation;
• Co-benefit assessments for achieving carbon peaking;
• Co-benefit assessments for achieving carbon neutrality;
• The interactions between air pollution, ground-level ozone, climate change and health impacts;
• Synergies and trade-offs between air quality and climate policy;
• Health co-benefit calculations from reductions in air pollution due to GHG emission mitigation policies;
• Health or economic impact assessments of past, current or future exposure to climate change;
• Incorporating health effects into climate mitigation policy;
• Co-benefit assessments at different dimensions, such as sector, city, region, country, and global;
• Apportionment assessment of international/transboundary air pollution;
• The cost-benefit comparisons of different countries’ NDC/2 ? target.
International cooperative initiatives (ICIs) are multi-country, multi-actor non-state actions that have the potential to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. ICIs advocate the active participation of non-participating countries in actions to reduce emissions and help the participating countries strengthen their efforts. By reducing emissions, countries can more effectively achieve their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets. International cooperative initiatives are also conducive to countries to study the actual cost reduction to get more accurate cost-effective, which is an urgent problem for countries. The “co-benefits” of climate change mitigation by reducing emissions can offset costs and make it easier to generate economies of scale and accelerate emissions reduction processes. The “co-benefit” refers to the non-climate benefits arising from Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation strategies, such as improving the local air quality, human health, and other benefits that enhance resource efficiency and energy security.
At present, both developed and developing countries need to deal with climate change and reduce environmental pollution. Studying the co-benefits will help all countries to achieve their goals faster and more efficiently. From a spatial point of view, the inclusion of co-benefit measures in emission reduction costs will help countries accurately measure emission reduction costs and allow them to have a better right in global climate negotiations. From a temporal perspective, slowing down the greenhouse effect has a long-term benefit. Improving air quality and people’s health are the most short-term benefits. Thus, the co-benefits of climate change mitigation are clear, direct and effective. Therefore, research on the co-benefits of climate change mitigation helps facilitate the process of global climate negotiations and helps to change the traditional view on the cost and benefits of emission reduction.
This Research Topic welcomes contributions from scholars engaged in various fields to close the gaps and shed more light on the problems of co-benefits of climate change mitigation. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcomed.
Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Methods for assessing co-benefits in climate change mitigation, such as engineering model, computable general equilibrium, and econometric model;
• Literature review for co-benefits in climate change mitigation;
• Co-benefit assessments for achieving carbon peaking;
• Co-benefit assessments for achieving carbon neutrality;
• The interactions between air pollution, ground-level ozone, climate change and health impacts;
• Synergies and trade-offs between air quality and climate policy;
• Health co-benefit calculations from reductions in air pollution due to GHG emission mitigation policies;
• Health or economic impact assessments of past, current or future exposure to climate change;
• Incorporating health effects into climate mitigation policy;
• Co-benefit assessments at different dimensions, such as sector, city, region, country, and global;
• Apportionment assessment of international/transboundary air pollution;
• The cost-benefit comparisons of different countries’ NDC/2 ? target.