The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9755
, Pages 1802 - 1804, 27 November 2010
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62139-3Cite or Link Using DOI
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Health co-benefits of policies to tackle climate change
In 2009, The Lancet
published a Series of groundbreaking papers presenting evidence for certain actions to tackle climate change that might improve health. 1—6
These health co-benefits—which are additional to the global-health benefits that come from mitigation—could partly offset the costs of tackling climate change. This positive news contrasts with the widespread belief that policies to tackle climate change will be socially and economically demanding. The public health benefits of mitigation nee ...
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a German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle 06108, Germany b London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK c Academy of Medical Sciences, London, UK
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