Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2005-04, Vol.308 (5718), p.98-103
2005
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- Titel
- Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biomass and Petroleum Energy Futures in Africa
- Ist Teil von
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2005-04, Vol.308 (5718), p.98-103
- Ort / Verlag
- Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2005
- Quelle
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- We analyzed the mortality impacts and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by household energy use in Africa. Under a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, household indoor air pollution will cause an estimated 9.8 million premature deaths by the year 2030. Gradual and rapid transitions to charcoal would delay 1.0 million and 2.8 million deaths, respectively; similar transitions to petroleum fuels would delay 1.3 million and 3.7 million deaths. Cumulative BAU GHG emissions will be 6.7 billion tons of carbon by 2050, which is 5.6% of Africa's total emissions. Large shifts to the use of fossil fuels would reduce GHG emissions by 1 to 10%. Charcoal-intensive future scenarios using current practices increase emissions by 140 to 190%; the increase can be reduced to 5 to 36% using currently available technologies for sustainable production or potentially reduced even more with investment in technological innovation.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0036-8075eISSN: 1095-9203DOI: 10.1126/science.1106881Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_745708380
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- Schlagworte
- Adult, Africa South of the Sahara, Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects, Air Pollution, Indoor - prevention & control, Attrition (Research Studies), Biofuels, Biomass, Biomass energy, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon dioxide emissions, Causes of, Charcoal, Child, Consumption data, Control, Costs and Cost Analysis, Databases, Factual, Earth sciences, Earth, ocean, space, Economic Progress, Emissions, Energy, Energy-Generating Resources - economics, Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics, Exact sciences and technology, Female, Forecasting, Fossil Fuels, Fuel, Fuel Consumption, Fuels, Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse gases, Hazardous air pollutants, Heat, Human exposure, Humans, Kerosene, Mortality, Mortality - trends, Petroleum, Pollution, environment geology, Production Techniques, Public Health - trends, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - mortality, Renewable energy, Respiratory Tract Infections - mortality, Rural Areas, Rural Population, Sex Fairness, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, Sustainable technology, United States, Urban Areas, Urban Population, Wood