The Economic Benefits of Air Quality Improvements in Arctic Council Countries
The Arctic is a vital region that helps preserve the balance of the global climate. The Arctic environment is particularly sensitive to short-lived climate pollutants, including black carbon, due to their strong warming effect. With ambitious policy action to reduce air pollutants, Arctic Council countries would obtain a positive effect on health and the environment throughout their territory, while also helping to slow down climate change by reducing emissions of black carbon. This report calls for ambitious policy action to reduce air pollution in Arctic Council countries, highlighting the environmental, health, and economic benefits from policy action.
ENV-Linkages model
The OECD ENV-Linkages model is a dynamic multi-sectoral, multi-regional CGE model that links economic activities to energy and environmental issues. A more comprehensive model description is given in Chateau et al. (2014[1]). While ENV-Linkages can provide emission projections for greenhouse gases and air pollutants, for this report, emissions of air pollutants are provided by the GAINS model, based on ENV-Linkages’ economic projections. Indeed, GAINS can provide a higher regional disaggregation with country-specific emission projections for all Arctic Council countries.
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