Clearing the Air: A Preliminary Analysis of Air Quality Co-Benefits from Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation
Authored by: Robert Caton, Sandy Constable

Environmental rights, Climate solutions decarbonization, greenhouse gas emissions, human health and wellbeing, economics, policy and regulation, climate change

This study demonstrates that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have the potential for significant health and economic co-benefits. Six measures were chosen from Canadian Solutions and reports from the National Climate Change Process Issues Tables. The analysis showed that as much as $2.2 billion every year in health and environmental damages could be avoided by instituting these six measures alone.