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Win-Win Strategies for Climate Resilience and Air Pollution Control

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Air, Climate Change and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2024) | Viewed by 6664

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CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: air pollution; air quality modelling; atmospheric emissions; source contributions; control strategies; integrated assessment; environment and health impacts of air pollution
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CESAM, Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: air quality modelling; climate change; nature-based solutions; urban resilience; urban surface energy balance
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Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: numerical weather prediction and modelling; climate simulation and modelling climate variability and change; dynamical modelling of extreme events; statistical downscaling methods and statistics of weather extremes

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Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: numerical weather prediction;atmospheric modelling; renewable energies;climate simulation and modelling;climate variability and change;data assimilation;atmospheric motion vectors;observation system simulation experiments (OSSEs)
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change and air pollution are the main challenges of the 21st century, and they are closely related. The international initiatives and the EU’s strict and ambitious strategies to tackle those problems, emphasizing urgent action to adapt to climate change, to mitigate its already felt impacts, and to reduce air pollution for environment and health protection, towards cleaner, greener, and healthier ecosystems and societies. 

Multiscale, multidisciplinary, and systemic approaches are needed to better inform citizens and stakeholders and to effectively support decision-makers in implementing win-win strategies to increase climate resilience and simultaneously improve air quality, and consequently health and wellbeing, strengthening the “air pollution–climate change” co-benefit. By doing that, the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations, namely SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SSG 13 (Climate Action) can be pursued.

As Guest Editor of the Sustainability Special Issue “Win-Win Strategies for Climate Resilience and Air Pollution Control”, I kindly invite you to publish your emerging research on this topic.

Your contribution, covering (but not limited to) the following research aspects will make a difference!

  • Climate change and air pollution impacts;
  • Adaptation and mitigation strategies;
  • Win-win integrated strategies to tackle climate change and air pollution;
  • Cost–benefit analysis of integrated strategies;
  • Nature-based solutions as win-win strategies;
  • Successfully implemented strategies—case studies with replication potential.

Please submit your research or review paper at your earliest convenience, but no later than March 15th, 2022. 

Dr. Joana Ferreira
Dr. Sandra Rafael
Dr. Susana Cardoso Pereira
Dr. David Carvalho
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • climate change
  • climate resilience
  • adaptation
  • mitigation
  • emission reduction strategies
  • carbon neutrality
  • air quality impacts
  • health impacts
  • integrated assessment studies
  • decision-making
  • policy-support
  • cost–benefit analysis
  • nature-based solutions

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Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Spatial Distribution of PM2.5 Concentrations (SDG 11.6.2) at the Provincial Scale in China
by Jun Li, Yu Chen and Fang Chen
Sustainability 2024, 16(8), 3394; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083394 - 18 Apr 2024
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This study investigated the spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of PM2.5 concentrations at the provincial scale in China. The findings indicate significant spatial autocorrelation, with notable high–high agglomerations in East and North China and mixed patterns in the northwest. The spatial Durbin model [...] Read more.
This study investigated the spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of PM2.5 concentrations at the provincial scale in China. The findings indicate significant spatial autocorrelation, with notable high–high agglomerations in East and North China and mixed patterns in the northwest. The spatial Durbin model (SDM) with fixed effects, validated through comprehensive tests, was utilized to analyze data on 31 provincial scale regions from 2000 to 2020, addressing spatial autocorrelation and ensuring model reliability. The research delved into the effects of 21 variables on PM2.5 concentrations, identifying synergistic and trade-off effects among environmental and socioeconomic indicators. Environmental measures like vegetation protection and sulfur dioxide emission reduction correlate with lower PM2.5 levels, whereas economic growth and transport volume often align with increased pollution. The analysis reveals regional variances in these effects, suggesting the need for region-specific policies. The study underscores the intricate relationship between environmental policies, economic development, and air quality, advocating for an integrated approach to air quality improvement. It highlights the necessity of balancing industrial growth with environmental sustainability and suggests targeted, region-specific strategies to combat PM2.5 pollution effectively. This study offers crucial insights for policymakers, emphasizing that enhancing air quality requires comprehensive strategies that encompass environmental, economic, and technological dimensions to foster sustainable development. Full article
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Health Impact Assessment of Air Pollution under a Climate Change Scenario: Methodology and Case Study Application
by Sílvia Coelho, Joana Ferreira, David Carvalho and Myriam Lopes
Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 14309; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114309 - 2 Nov 2022
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The World Health Organization estimates that every year air pollution kills seven million people worldwide. As it is expected that climate change will affect future air quality patterns, the full understanding of the links between air pollution and climate change, and how they [...] Read more.
The World Health Organization estimates that every year air pollution kills seven million people worldwide. As it is expected that climate change will affect future air quality patterns, the full understanding of the links between air pollution and climate change, and how they affect human health, are challenges for future research. In this scope, a methodology to assess the air quality impacts on health was developed. The WRF-CAMx modelling framework was applied for the medium-term future climate (considering the SSP2-4.5 scenario) and for the recent past (considered as baseline). Following the WHO recommendations, mortality health indicators were used to estimate the health impacts of long-term exposures. For that, the Aveiro Region, in Portugal, was considered as a case study. Future climate results indicate the occurrence of higher temperatures, and lower total precipitation. Despite that, improvements in the main pollutants’ concentrations, and consequently in the reduction of the related premature deaths are foreseen, mainly due to the reduction of pollutants emissions imposed by the European legislation for the upcoming years. The applied approach constitutes an added value in this research field, being crucial to anticipate the effects of climate change on air quality and evaluate their impacts on human health. Full article
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