eprintid: 14418 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 353 dir: disk0/00/01/44/18 datestamp: 2017-03-06 08:40:22 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:28:37 status_changed: 2017-03-06 08:40:22 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 3 creators_name: McCollum, D. creators_name: Krey, V. creators_name: Riahi, K. creators_name: Kolp, P. creators_name: Makowski, M. creators_id: 8484 creators_id: 8099 creators_id: 1696 creators_id: 1793 creators_id: 1254 creators_orcid: 0000-0003-0307-3515 creators_orcid: 0000-0001-7193-3498 creators_orcid: 0000-0002-6107-0972 title: Climate policies can help resolve energy security and air pollution challenges ispublished: pub divisions: prog_ene divisions: prog_tnt note: This poster was previously presented at the IIASA 40th anniversary conference in 2012 and should be referenced as such. abstract: This research assesses three key energy sustainability objectives: energy security improvement, climate change mitigation, and the reduction of air pollution and its human health impacts. We illustrate how the common practice of narrowly focusing on singular issues ignores potentially enormous synergies, highlighting the need for a paradigm shift toward more holistic policy approaches. Our analysis of a large ensemble of alternate energy-climate futures, developed using MESSAGE, an integrated assessment model, shows that climate change policy offers a strategic entry point along the path to energy sustainability in several dimensions. Decarbonization will lead to improved air quality, thereby reducing energy-related health impacts worldwide (22-32 million fewer disability-adjusted life years in 2030). At the same time, low-carbon technologies and energy-efficiency improvements can help to further the energy security goals of individual countries and regions by promoting a more dependable, resilient, and diversified energy portfolio. The cost savings of these climate policy synergies are potentially enormous: $100-600 billion annually by 2030 in reduced pollution control and energy security expenditures (0.1-0.7% of GDP). Novel aspects of this work include an explicit quantification of the health-related co-benefits of present and future air pollution control policies; an analysis of how future constraints on regional trade could influence energy security; a detailed assessment of energy expenditures showing where financing needs to flow in order to achieve the multiple energy sustainability objectives; and a quantification of the relationships between different fulfillment levels for energy security and air pollution goals and the probability of reaching the 2°C climate target. date: 2017-02-27 date_type: published creators_browse_id: 203 creators_browse_id: 166 creators_browse_id: 250 creators_browse_id: 160 creators_browse_id: 193 full_text_status: public pres_type: poster event_title: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017 event_location: IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria event_dates: 27 February-1 March 2017 event_type: other refereed: FALSE related_url_url: http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/12248/ related_url_type: publ coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_project: no fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject citation: McCollum, D. , Krey, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-3515 , Riahi, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-3498 , Kolp, P. , & Makowski, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6107-0972 (2017). Climate policies can help resolve energy security and air pollution challenges. In: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017, 27 February-1 March 2017, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria. document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14418/1/1_20170217%20McCollum_poster_IIASA-Conference-2012.pdf