Clean energy transitions and health
Clean energy can lead to significant health benefits. Making it accessible throughout the world can address many ills. We delve deeply into one example—the transition toward clean residential heating and its relationship to health benefits—in China. We find that the health benefits can outweigh cost...
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| description | Clean energy can lead to significant health benefits. Making it accessible throughout the world can address many ills. We delve deeply into one example—the transition toward clean residential heating and its relationship to health benefits—in China. We find that the health benefits can outweigh costs from energy expenses in northern provinces. Low-income households enjoy larger health benefits but also experience a higher expense increase, suggesting that extra subsidies or stimuli are needed to help them benefit from clean energy. Our findings suggest that clean energy transitions should be promoted in developing economies due to improved social health, lessened medical costs, and significant environmental improvements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6b2985712a047dea415bd15710057ed2023-12-02T07:01:37ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-11-01911e21250Clean energy transitions and healthMeng Li0Yong Geng1Shaojie Zhou2Joseph Sarkis3School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Corresponding author. School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaBusiness School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, United StatesClean energy can lead to significant health benefits. Making it accessible throughout the world can address many ills. We delve deeply into one example—the transition toward clean residential heating and its relationship to health benefits—in China. We find that the health benefits can outweigh costs from energy expenses in northern provinces. Low-income households enjoy larger health benefits but also experience a higher expense increase, suggesting that extra subsidies or stimuli are needed to help them benefit from clean energy. Our findings suggest that clean energy transitions should be promoted in developing economies due to improved social health, lessened medical costs, and significant environmental improvements.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402308458X |
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