Modelling co-benefits of climate change mitigation with an application to Mexico

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• Terry Barker ( 4CMR - Department of Land Economy)
• Tuesday 26 October 2010, 12:00-13:00
• Laundress Lane Seminar Room 1.

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The presentation reports the methodology and results of an one-way coupling of the E3 Model at the Global level (E3MG) model to the global atmospheric chemistry model, p-TOMCAT, to assess the effects on the concentrations of polluting atmospheric gases over Mexico of a low-GHG scenario compared to an alternative reference case with higher use of fossil fuels to 2050.The results suggest that in the conditions of underemployment in Mexico, substantial investment in low-carbon technologies, such as electric vehicles, heat pumps and geo-thermal power, could improve employment prospects, maintain growth, as well as reduce some of the risks associated with prospective falls in oil revenues. The concentrations of low-level ozone, both for Mexico-only and global decarbonisation scenarios relative to the original reference case, show appreciable reductions, sufficient to bring concentrations close to the WHO guideline levels. An indication is given of the potential scale of the benefits on human health in Mexico City

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