Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually

  • Keisuke Nansai,
  • Susumu Tohno,
  • Satoru Chatani,
  • Keiichiro Kanemoto,
  • Shigemi Kagawa,
  • Yasushi Kondo,
  • Wataru Takayanagi,
  • Manfred Lenzen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26348-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Worldwide exposure to ambient PM2.5 causes millions of premature deaths annually. Here the authors quantify the global footprint of PM2.5-driven premature deaths for the G20 countries, which are in a position to lead internationally coordinated mitigation efforts.