Hidden assets: The economic and health case for climate and clean air action

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dc.contributor.approvalRecordUNEP Publication Board
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationIndustry and Economy Division
dc.contributor.otherDietz, Simon
dc.contributor.otherHarris, Elliott
dc.contributor.otherShindell, Drew
dc.contributor.otherWang, Shuxiao
dc.contributor.otherAldy, Joseph E.
dc.contributor.otherBurston, Jane
dc.contributor.otherHickey, Valerie
dc.contributor.otherKebin, He
dc.contributor.otherKeju, Jiang
dc.contributor.otherRoberts, Debra
dc.contributor.otherSchaeffer, Roberto
dc.contributor.otherShukla, Priyadarshi R.
dc.contributor.otherSokon, Youba
dc.contributor.otherAndrews, Cameron
dc.contributor.otherAkahoshi, Kaoru
dc.contributor.otherBallam, Chiara
dc.contributor.otherBorgford-Parnell, Nathan
dc.contributor.otherBhadwal, Suruchi
dc.contributor.otherByambadorj, Enkhuun
dc.contributor.otherCambridge, Christopher
dc.contributor.otherDietz, Simon
dc.contributor.otherFaluvegi, Greg
dc.contributor.otherFricko, Oliver
dc.contributor.otherGuttikunda, Sarath
dc.contributor.otherHanaoka, Tatsuya
dc.contributor.otherHeaps, Charles G.
dc.contributor.otherHengesbaugh, Matthew
dc.contributor.otherHicks, Kevin
dc.contributor.otherIsaksson, Lena Höglund
dc.contributor.otherHolland, Michael
dc.contributor.otherIpaye, Omokayode
dc.contributor.otherKaltenegger, Katrin
dc.contributor.otherKiesewetter, Gregor
dc.contributor.otherKim, Younha
dc.contributor.otherKlimont, Zbigniew
dc.contributor.otherKrey, Volker
dc.contributor.otherKuehnle-Nelson, Lovisa
dc.contributor.otherKuylenstierna, Johan C.I.
dc.contributor.otherLindl, Florian
dc.contributor.otherLiping†, Li
dc.contributor.otherMalley, Christopher S.
dc.contributor.otherMcCrackin, Jordan
dc.contributor.otherOgunleye, James
dc.contributor.otherPachauri, Shonali
dc.contributor.otherPelz, Setu
dc.contributor.otherPfeil, Amanda
dc.contributor.otherPurohit, Pallav
dc.contributor.otherSanabria, Adriana Gomez
dc.contributor.otherQuinn-Savory, Scarlett
dc.contributor.otherRising, James
dc.contributor.otherRupu†, Yang
dc.contributor.otherSander, Robert
dc.contributor.otherShindell, Drew
dc.contributor.otherSpadaro, Joseph V.
dc.contributor.otherSvagerko, Sydney
dc.contributor.otherTaber, Mette
dc.contributor.otherEnríquez, Ramón Carlos Torres
dc.contributor.otherCaspel, Willem van
dc.contributor.otherWang, Shuxiao
dc.contributor.otherWagner, Fabian
dc.contributor.otherWang, Pu
dc.contributor.otherWiniwarter, Wilfried
dc.contributor.otherYamineva, Yulia
dc.contributor.otherYe, Jingyi
dc.contributor.otherZhang, Xiuming
dc.contributor.otherZhang, Shaohui
dc.contributor.otherZusman, Eric
dc.contributor.otherAbiola-Awe, Iniobong
dc.contributor.otherÅström, Stefan
dc.contributor.otherAubié, Hermann
dc.contributor.otherBehrer, A. Patrick
dc.contributor.otherBeirne, Andrew
dc.contributor.otherBirchby, David
dc.contributor.otherChanel, Olivier
dc.contributor.otherCorscadden, Jack
dc.contributor.otherCurry-Brown, Amanda
dc.contributor.otherDreyfus, Gabrielle
dc.contributor.otherDrucioc, Stela
dc.contributor.otherHinwood, Andrea
dc.contributor.otherHirpe, Lemesa
dc.contributor.otherLi, Ruijan
dc.contributor.otherLöther, Nicklas
dc.contributor.otherMaalouf, Amani
dc.contributor.otherMaas, Rob
dc.contributor.otherMahapatra, Avipsa
dc.contributor.otherMena, Marcelo
dc.contributor.otherMeng, Wenjun
dc.contributor.otherMonsalve, Carolina
dc.contributor.otherNaber, Helena
dc.contributor.otherNdiaye, N. Fatou
dc.contributor.otherNickson, Tom
dc.contributor.otherSalas, Lilian Fátima Nunes
dc.contributor.otherOcko, Ilissa
dc.contributor.otherOtto, Martina
dc.contributor.otherPerry, Clare
dc.contributor.otherQuansah, Reginald
dc.contributor.otherRoy, Arindam
dc.contributor.otherSarofim, Marcus
dc.contributor.otherSebaziga, Ndakize Joseph
dc.contributor.otherSelby, Jan
dc.contributor.otherSlater, Jessica
dc.contributor.otherSzopa, Sophie
dc.contributor.otherQiao, Wenxin
dc.contributor.otherUrman, Ines
dc.contributor.otherWemegah, Cosmos S.
dc.contributor.otherYonezawa, Hidemichi
dc.contributor.otherBahrami, Ava
dc.contributor.otherBorgford-Parnell, Nathan
dc.contributor.otherBrooke, Katy
dc.contributor.otherHicks, Kevin
dc.contributor.otherQuinn-Savory, Scarlett
dc.contributor.otherYe, Jingyi
dc.contributor.otherUllstein, Bart
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-31T09:08:52Z
dc.date.issued2026-09
dc.date.submitted2026-08-31
dc.descriptionClimate change and air pollution share many of the same sources, yet are almost always assessed separately. This Assessment corrects that. It evaluates 25 proven solutions across energy, industry, transport, agriculture, cooking and waste, and finds that integrated action delivers more than acting on either alone. Every dollar invested returns around 15 dollars, an internal rate of return of 60 per cent, with market returns exceeding costs within ten years. By 2050 the solutions could avoid 144 million premature deaths and hundreds of millions of cases of chronic disease. The chief obstacles are often neither technical nor economic but institutional. Investment in enabling conditions can bring full implementation forward by up to a decade, worth up to US$10 trillion in savings by 2040. Every region benefits. Benefit-cost ratios range from three in high-income regions to 26 in Southern Africa. Every year of delay forgoes more than US$1.5 trillion.en
dc.description.reviewStatuspeer-reviewed
dc.description.statusAdopted
dc.formatpdf
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/49870
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-4302-9
dc.identifier.otherDTI/2784/NA
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/49870
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number189 p.
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGOen
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.subject.themeair
dc.subject.themeclean air area
dc.subject.themehuman health
dc.subject.themepollution
dc.subject.themeair pollution
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themeinvestment
dc.subject.themeemission control
dc.subject.themeenergy
dc.subject.themefossil fuel
dc.titleHidden assets: The economic and health case for climate and clean air actionen
dc.typeSpotlight

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