Call for Papers SETI 2022

SETI 2022 Call for Papers Annual Workshop of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI)

June 23 - 24, 2022, 2-day virtual meeting + Uganda as part of the 2022 EfD Annual Meeting(1 day between September 22-26, 2022) Hosted by NENRE-EfD Chile at the University of Concepción and Duke…

Date: Tuesday 31 May 2022
Location: Virtual + Uganda

Negative health effects of carbon prices can outweigh the climate benefits in developing countries

Submitted by Meseret Birhan… on

Key Messages

  • With carbon pricing, households in most countries and regions have a tendency to change from fossil-based fuels to more traditional and polluting alternatives like firewood and charcoal.
  • Fossil fuel price hikes lead to substantial increases in indoor pollution concentrations in most countries and regions.
  • Despite compensation, local health costs of carbon pricing outweigh the global climate benefits in four out of six countries (Ghana, Honduras, India and Myanmar).
Carbon Pricing, Health