Browsing CICERO Research Archive by Author "Aunan, Kristin"
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A model framework for ranking of measures to reduce air pollution with a focus on damage assessment
Aunan, Kristin; Seip, Hans Martin; Aaheim, H. Asbjørn (1993:12, Working paper, 1993)Artikkelen diskuterer hvilke egenskaper som er viktige for beslutningsstøtteverktøy som er ment å være til hjelp ved rangering av utslippsreduserende tiltak mot luftforurensninger. De forskjellige utslippene i forbindelse ... -
Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe
Zafeiratou, Sofia; Samoli, Evangelia; Analitis, Antonis; Gasparrini, Antonio; Stafoggia, Massimo; De'Donato, Francesca K.; Rao-Skirbekk, Shilpa; Zhang, Siqi; Breitner, Susanne; Masselot, Pierre; Aunan, Kristin; Schneider, Alexandra; Katsouyanni, Klea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Heat effects on respiratory mortality are known, mostly from time-series studies of city-wide data. A limited number of studies have been conducted at the national level or covering non-urban areas. Effect modification by ... -
Assessment of short-term heat effects on cardiovascular mortality and vulnerability factors using small area data in Europe
Zhang, Siqi; Breitner, Susanne; Rai, Masna; Nikolaou, Nikolaos; Stafoggia, Massimo; de' Donato, Francesca; Samoli, Evangelia; Zafeiratou, Sofia; Katsouyanni, Klea; Rao-Skirbekk, Shilpa; Diz-Lois Palomares, Alfonso; Gasparrini, Antonio; Masselot, Pierre; Aunan, Kristin; Peters, Annette; Schneider, Alexandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Short-term associations between heat and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality have been examined mostly in large cities. However, different vulnerability and exposure levels may contribute to spatial heterogeneity. This ... -
A better integration of health and economic impact assessments of climate change
Orlov, Anton; Schleypen, Jessie; Aunan, Kristin; Sillmann, Jana; Gasparrini, Antonio; Mistry, Malcolm N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Climate change could lead to high economic burden for individuals (i.e. low income and high prices). While economic conditions are important determinants of climate change vulnerability, environmental epidemiological studies ... -
Can the Clean Development Mechanism attain both cost-effectiveness and sustainable development objectives?
Kolshus, Hans H.; Vevatne, Jonas; Torvanger, Asbjørn; Aunan, Kristin (2001:08, Working paper, 2001)The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), as defined in the Kyoto Protocol, has two objectives: to promote sustainable development in host developing countries, and to improve global cost-effectiveness by assisting developed ... -
Climate, air pollution and energy in Hungary
Seip, Hans Martin; Aunan, Kristin; Bándi, Gyula; Haugland, Torleif; Matlary, Janne Haaland; Szlávik, János; Tajthy, Edith; Tajthy, Tihamér; Aaheim, H. Asbjørn (1995:02, Research report, 1995)Within five to ten years, Hungary will have to design an overall environmental policy. In the meantime, Hungarian decision makers have an opportunity to make preparations in order to meet domestic as well as global ... -
Co-benefits from CO2-emission reduction measures in Shanxi, China: A first assessment
Aunan, Kristin; Fang, Jinghua; Li, Guanghai; Seip, Hans Martin; Vennemo, Haakon (2000:07, Working paper, 2000)This paper analyses a set of CO2-reducing abatement options related to coal consumption in Shanxi, China. The costs and potential for abatement are investigated for different economic sectors, and the entailed emission ... -
Combined impacts of climate and air pollution on human health and agricultural productivity
Sillmann, Jana; Aunan, Kristin; Emberson, Lisa; Büker, Patrick; van Oort, Bob; O'Neill, Connie; Otero, Noelia; Pandey, Divya; Brisebois, Anouk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Climate change and air pollution can interact to amplify risks to human health and crop production. This has significant implications for our ability to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g. SDGs 2, 3, 13, 15) and ... -
Economic costs of heat-induced reductions in worker productivity due to global warming
Orlov, Anton; Sillmann, Jana; Aunan, Kristin; Kjellström, Tord E.; Aaheim, Hans Asbjørn (Journal article, 2020)We assess economic costs of heat-induced reductions in worker productivity at global scale under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5. Losses in worker productivity are calculated by using an empirically estimated epidemiological exposure-response ... -
Effect of European post-Kyoto Climate Policies on Nordic Air Quality
Rypdal, Kristin; Rive, Nathan; Aunan, Kristin; Åström, Stefan; Bak, Jesper L.; Karvosenoja, Niko; Kupiainen, Kaarle (2007:01, Research report, 2007)Stricter commitments for GHG emissions in the post-Kyoto period will contribute to reduced emissions of air pollutants in the Nordic countries, avoided costs for end-of-pipe abatement to reach a specific target, and benefits ... -
Energy, climate and air pollution: What do we know and how should we act?
Seip, Hans Martin; Aaheim, H. Asbjørn; Aunan, Kristin (1996:01, Working paper, 1996)- To arrive at the most cost-effective strategies to reduce emissions an integrated approach is necessary. This implies to carry out detailed analyses of harmful effects on human health, materials and the ecosystems. - ... -
Exposure-response functions for health effects of air pollutants based on epidemiological findings
Aunan, Kristin (1995:08, Research report, 1995)Quantitative knowledge about health damage due to air pollution is an important element in analyses of cost-effective abatement strategies, and it is also essential for setting Air Quality Standards. In this context ... -
Fires as a source of annual ambient PM<inf>2.5</inf> exposure and chronic health impacts in Europe
Chowdhury, Sourangsu; Hanninen, Risto; Sofiev, Mikhail; Aunan, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Chronic exposure to ambient PM2.5 is the largest environmental health risk in Europe. We used a chemical transport model and recent exposure response functions to simulate ambient PM2.5, contribution from fires and related ... -
A global review of the state of the evidence of household air pollution's contribution to ambient fine particulate matter and their related health impacts
Chowdhury, Sourangsu; Pillarisetti, Ajay; Oberholzer, Alicia; Jetter, James; Mitchell, John; Cappuccilli, Eva; Aamaas, Borgar; Aunan, Kristin; Pozzer, Andrea; Alexander, Donee (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Direct exposure to household fine particulate air pollution (HAP) associated with inefficient combustion of fuels (wood, charcoal, coal, crop residues, kerosene, etc.) for cooking, space-heating, and lighting is estimated ... -
Guidelines for Modeling and Reporting Health Effects of Climate Change Mitigation Actions
Hess, Jeremy J.; Ranadive, Nikhil; Boyer, Chris; Aleksandrowicz, Lukasz; Anenberg, Susan C.; Aunan, Kristin; Belesova, Kristine; Bell, Michelle L.; Bickersteth, Sam; Bowen, Kathryn; Burden, Merci; Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid; Carlton, Elisabeth; Cissé, Guéladio; Cohen, Francois; Dai, Hancheng; Dangour, Alan David; Dasgupta, Purnamita; Frumkin, Howard; Gong, Peng; Gould, Robert J.; Haines, Andy; Hales, Simon; Hamilton, Ian; Hasegawa, Tomoko; Hashizume, Masachiro; Honda, Yusushi; Horton, Daniel E.; Karambelas, Alexandra; Kim, HO; Kim, Satbyul Estella; Kinney, Patrick L.; Koné, Inza; Knowlton, Kim; Lelieveld, Jos; Limaye, Vijay S.; Liu, Quyong; Madaniyazi, Lina; Martinez, Micaela Elvira; Mauzerall, Denise L.; Milner, James; Neville, Tara; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Pachauri, Shonali; Perera, Frederica P.; Pineo, Helen; Remais, Justin V.; Saari, Rebecca K.; Sampedro, Jon; Scheelbeek, Pauline; Schwartz, Joel; Shindell, Drew; Syamsundar, Priya; Taylor, Timothy J.; Tonne, Cathryn; Vuuren, Detlef Van; Wang, Can; Watts, Nicholas; West, J. Jason; Wilkinson, Paul; Wood, Stephen A.; Woodcock, James; Woodward, Alistair; Xie, Yang; Zhang, Ying; Ebi, Kristie L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Modeling suggests that climate change mitigation actions can have substantial human health benefits that accrue quickly and locally. Documenting the benefits can help drive more ambitious and health-protective ... -
Health and Climate Impacts of Scaling Adoption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for Clean Household Cooking in Cameroon: A Modeling Study
Kypridemos, Chris; Puzzolo, Elisa; Aamaas, Borgar; Hyseni, Lirije; Shupler, Matthew; Aunan, Kristin; Pope, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: The Cameroon government has set a target that, by 2030, 58% of the population will be using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as a cooking fuel, in comparison with less than 20% in 2014. The National LPG Master ... -
Health and environmental benefits from the implementation of an energy saving program in Hungary
Aunan, Kristin; Pátzay, G.; Aaheim, H. Asbjørn; Seip, Hans Martin (1997:01, Research report, 1997)The aim of this study is to assess the cost and benefit of implementing a specific energy saving program in Hungary. We have considered the possible reduced damage to public health, materials and agricultural crops that ... -
Health Benefits and Costs of Clean Heating Renovation: An Integrated Assessment in a Major Chinese City
Zhao, Bin; Zhao, Jing; Zha, Hao; Hu, Ruolan; Liu, Yalu; Liang, Chengrui; Shi, Hongrong; Chen, Simiao; Guo, Yue; Zhang, Da; Aunan, Kristin; Zhang, Shaojun; Zhang, Xiliang; Xue, Lan; Wang, Shuxiao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)China has been promoting one of the world’s largest campaigns for clean heating renovation since 2017. Here, we present an integrated cost–benefit analysis in a major prefecture-level city by combining a large-scale household ... -
Health benefits from reducing PM2.5 pollution in Hebei, China
Aunan, Kristin; Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt (2016:10, Research report, 2016) -
Heat Stress Indicators in CMIP6: Estimating Future Trends and Exceedances of Impact-Relevant Thresholds
Schwingshackl, Clemens; Sillmann, Jana; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana; Sandstad, Marit; Aunan, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Global warming is leading to increased heat stress in many regions around the world. An extensive number of heat stress indicators (HSIs) has been developed to measure the associated impacts on human health. Here we ...