Air Pollutant Emissions and Impacts of Energy Systems

空气污染物排放和能源系统的影响

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-04132
• 负责人: Saari, Rebecca
• 金额: $ 1.68万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=636635
• 关键词: Air; Pollutant; Emissions; Impacts; Energy

Climate change is a global challenge linked to air quality and energy. In the past five years, unconventional oil and gas came to dominate production in Canada and the United States. The production and use of fossil fuels for energy is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and air pollutants that harm human health. Efforts to combat climate change by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels thus yield an added benefit by reducing air pollution-related risks like heart attacks, asthma attacks, lung cancer, and premature death. In Toronto, 30% of air pollution-related deaths are attributed to U.S. pollution sources. With both countries making commitments to curb carbon emissions to the United Nations, it is increasingly important for Canada to develop integrated modeling that captures the linkages of energy, climate change, and air quality to understand these complex relationships and to inform sustainable decisions.

气候变化是与空气质量和能源有关的全球性挑战。在过去的五年里，非常规石油和天然气在加拿大和美国的生产中占据主导地位。生产和使用化石燃料作为能源是温室气体排放的主要来源，造成气候变化和空气污染，危害人类健康。因此，通过减少对化石燃料的依赖来应对气候变化的努力通过减少与空气污染相关的风险（如心脏病发作，哮喘发作，肺癌和过早死亡）而产生额外的好处。在多伦多，30%的空气污染相关死亡归因于美国污染源。随着两国都向联合国承诺遏制碳排放，加拿大开发综合建模越来越重要，该模型可以捕捉能源，气候变化和空气质量之间的联系，以了解这些复杂的关系并为可持续决策提供信息。