Pathways to a healthy net-zero future: report of the Lancet Pathfinder Commission

S Whitmee, R Green, K Belesova, S Hassan, S Cuevas… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Deep, rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit future
global temperature increases to 1· 5 C above pre-industrial levels, but current progress is …

[HTML][HTML] Updates in Air Pollution: Current Research and Future Challenges

D Vilcins, RC Christofferson, JH Yoon… - Annals of Global …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The United Nations has declared that humans have a right to clean air. Despite
this, many deaths and disability-adjusted life years are attributed to air pollution exposure …

California's zero-emission vehicle adoption brings air quality benefits yet equity gaps persist

Q Yu, BY He, J Ma, Y Zhu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) adoption is a key climate mitigation tool, but its environmental
justice implications remain unclear. Here, we quantify ZEV adoption at the census tract level …

Electric vehicles and health: A scoping review

AF Pennington, CR Cornwell, KD Sircar… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The health impacts of the rapid transition to the use of electric vehicles are
largely unexplored. We completed a scoping review to assess the state of the evidence on …

Air quality and health co-benefits of vehicle electrification and emission controls in the most populated United States urban hubs: Insights from New York, Los Angeles …

S Mousavinezhad, Y Choi, N Khorshidian… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) is a prominent strategy for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. However, given the complexity of atmospheric chemistry, the nuanced …

Assessing carbon emission reduction benefits of the electrification transition of agricultural machinery for sustainable development: A case study in China

D Gao, Y Zhi, X Yang - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrification of energy-using terminals is critical for achieving energy transition and climate
goals, particularly for polluting and widely used production vehicles. Previous studies …

Health-based strategies for overcoming barriers to climate change adaptation and mitigation

PL Kinney, B Ge, V Sampath, K Nadeau - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change poses an unequivocal threat to the respiratory health of current and future
generations. Human activities—largely through the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) …

Adopting electric bus for improving efficiency in the local public transport sector: Analysis of facilitating conditions and their nonlinear relationships

IJ Orji - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) are technological innovations that have the potential to
strengthen efficiency and sustainability improvement within the transportation sector …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of electric vehicle adoption policies and practices in Australia: Stakeholder perspectives

SK Lodhia, J Rice, B Rice, N Martin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Transitioning from internal combustion power to passenger electric vehicles presents a
highly complex problem for governments. During the past decade, there has been a slow …

Sports utility vehicles: a public health model of their climate and air pollution impacts in the United Kingdom

C Dearman, J Milner, G Stewart, GS Leonardi… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The emission benefits of shifting towards battery electric vehicles have so far been
hampered by a trend towards sports utility vehicles (SUVs). This study assesses the current …