Decarbonization will lead to more equitable air quality in California

Shupeng Zhu; Michael Mac Kinnon; Andrea Carlos-Carlos; Steven J. Davis; Scott Samuelsen

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33295-9

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Decarbonization will lead to more equitable air quality in California

Shupeng Zhu,
Michael Mac Kinnon,
Andrea Carlos-Carlos,
Steven J. Davis,
Scott Samuelsen

Affiliations

Shupeng Zhu: Advanced Power and Energy Program, University of California, Irvine
Michael Mac Kinnon: Advanced Power and Energy Program, University of California, Irvine
Andrea Carlos-Carlos: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Steven J. Davis: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Scott Samuelsen: Advanced Power and Energy Program, University of California, Irvine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33295-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Air quality is found to be more equitable through two salient decarbonization pathways for California in 2050 with the relative justice of decarbonization scenarios quantified at the neighborhood level and the tradeoffs between pathways evaluated.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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