Climate Implications

Ambient PM2.5 exposures and expected premature mortality to 2100 in India under climate change scenarios

Chowdhury S, Dey S, Smith KR. Ambient PM2.5 exposures and expected premature mortality to 2100 in India under climate change scenariosNature Communications2018(9):318, Published online January 22 2018, doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02755-y

Household air pollution, health, and climate change – clearing the air

Goldemberg J, Martinez-Gomez J, Sagar A, Smith KR.  Household air pollution, health, and climate change – clearing the air. Environ Res Lett. Accepted Manuscript online 2 January 2018. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa49d

The Last Summer Olympics? Climate Change, Health, and Work Outdoors

Smith KR, Woodward A, Lemke B, Otto M, Chang CJ, Mance AA, Balmes J, Kjellstrom T,  2016 (Aug 13). "The Last Summer Olympics?  Climate Change, Health, and Work Outdoors" The Lancet 388: 642-644. 

The article was also featured on the Berkeley News homepage on August 11, 2016 in an article entitled "Warming world may put most cities off limits for summer Olympics." Professor Smith was interviewed by Amy Goodman at Democracy Now on August 24, 2016. Video of the interview and a transcript can be viewed here

 

Kerosene subsidies for household lighting in India: what are the impacts?

Lam NL, Pachauri S, Purohit P, Nagai Y, Bates MN, Cameron C, Smith KR.  Kerosene subsidies for household lighting in India: what are the impacts? Environ Res Lett 2016 11(4), 044014. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044014

Lam NL, Pachauri S, Purohit P, Nagai Y, Bates MN, Cameron C, Smith KR.  Supporting Information: Supporting Information: Kerosene Subsidies for Household Lighting in India: What are the Impacts? 

 

Climate change and health: on the latest IPCC report

Woodward A, Smith KR, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chadee DD, Honda Y, Liu Q, Olwach J, Revich B, Sauerborn R, Chafe Z, Confalonieri U, Haines A. Climate change and health: on the latest IPCC report, The Lancet, Available online 2 April 2014. ISSN 0140-6736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60576-6. → Download PDF. → Download Supplemental Material.

Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-Benefits. Chapter 11 in Climate Change 2014.

Smith KR, Woodward A, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chadee D, Honda Y, Liu Q, Olwoch J, Revich B, Sauerborn R, Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-benefits. Ch 11 in Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Vol I: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V. Barros, D.J.Dokken, et al. (eds.)]. Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge, UK and NYC, 2014 Version undergoing copy-editing; final version forthcoming (April 2014)

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Joint CO2 and CH4 accountability for global warming

Smith KR, Desai MA, Rogers JV, Houghton RA. Joint CO2 and CH4 accountability for global warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2013). http://doi:10.1073/pnas.1308004110 → Download PDF. → Downloads Database (zipped XLSX).

Tackling the world’s forgotten killer

18 January, 2013 "About the worst thing you can do is stick burning stuff in your mouth. Every year, tobacco kills more than six million people, according to the World health Organization. Including secondhand tobacco smoke affecting non-smokers, it is the chief cause of ill-health (measured as lost years of healthy life) among men globally and for everyone in North America and Western Europe.

The terrible disease burden imposed by tobacco is recognized by most people, but the risk of another form of smoke is also highlighted in the new “Global Burden of Disease” report released last Month in The Lancet – smoke from cooking fires. About 40 percent of the world still cooks with solid fuels, like wood and coal, in simple stoves that release substantial amounts of the same kinds of hazardous chemicals found in tobacco smoke directly into the household environment. Indeed, a typical wood cookfire emits 400 cigarettes worth of smoke an hour."

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Household Light Makes Global Heat: High Black Carbon Emissions From Kerosene Wick Lamps

Lam N, Chen Y, Weyant C, Venkataraman C, Sadavarte P, Johnson M, Smith KR, Brem B, Arineitwe J, Ellis J, Bond T. Household Light Makes Global Heat: High BlackCarbon Emissions From Kerosene Wick Lamps. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46, 13531−13538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es302697h → Download PDF. → Download Supplemental Material (PDF).

Pollutant Emissions and Energy Efficiency under Controlled Conditions for Household Biomass Cookstoves and Implications for Metrics Useful in Setting International Test Standards

Jetter J, Zhao Y, Smith KR, Khan B, Yelverton T, Decarlo P, Hays MD. Pollutant Emissions and Energy Efficiency under Controlled Conditions for Household Biomass Cookstoves and Implications for Metrics Useful in Setting International Test Standards. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Oct 2;46(19):10827-34. doi: 10.1021/es301693f. Epub 2012 Sep 17.→ Download PDF → Download Supplement PDF

Demographic change and carbon dioxide emissions

O'Neill BC, Liddle B, Jiang L, Smith KR, Pachauri S, Dalton M, Fuchs R. Demographic change and carbon dioxide emissions. The Lancet, Available online 9 July 2012, ISSN 0140-6736, 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60958-1.→ Download (PDF)

An energy vision: the transformation towards sustainability — interconnected challenges and solutions

van Vuuren, D., Nakicenovic, N., Riahi, K., Brew-Hammond, A., Kammen, D., Modi, V., Nilsson, M., Smith, K., 2012. An energy vision: the transformation towards sustainability—interconnected challenges and solutions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4, 18–34.→ Download PDF

Temperature oscillations may shorten male lifespan via natural selection in utero.

Catalano R, Bruckner TA, Smith KR, Saxton K. "Temperature oscillations may shorten male lifespan via natural selection in utero." Climatic Change (2012), 110:697-797.
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Climate change and population in the Muslim world

Diamond-Smith N, Smith KR, and Hodoglugil NNS (2011). 'Climate change and population in the Muslim world', International Journal of Environmental Studies, 68: 1, 1-8
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Symposium on Climate Change and Health: Mitigating, Adapting, and Suffering: How Much of Each?

Kirk R. Smith (2008) Symposium on Climate Change and Health: Mitigating, Adapting, and Suffering: How Much of Each? Annu. Rev. Public Health Vol. 29.
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Co-Benefits of Climate Mitigation and Health Protection in Energy Systems: Scoping Methods

Kirk R. Smith and Evan Haigler (2008) Co-Benefits of Climate Mitigation and Health Protection in Energy Systems: Scoping Methods. Annu. Rev. Public Health 29:11–25.
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Impact of improved biomass cookstoves on indoor air quality near Pune, India. Energy for Sustainable Development

Dutta K, Naumoff Shields K, Edwards R, Smith KR (2007) Impact of improved biomass cookstoves on indoor air quality near Pune, India. Energy for Sustainable Development11(2):19-32.
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Indoor Air Pollution from Household Fuel Combustion in China: a Review

Zhang J, Smith, KR. "Indoor Air Pollution from Household Fuel Combustion in China: a Review." The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Beijing, China, September 4-9, 2005.→ Download PDF

Implications of changes in household stoves and fuel use in China [for climate and health].

Edwards RD, Smith KR, Zhang J, Ma Y (2004) Implications of changes in household stoves and fuel use in China [for climate and health]. Energy Policy 32(3):395-411.
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Models to predict emissions of health-damaging pollutants and global warming contributions of residential fuel/stove combinations in China.

Edwards RD, Smith KR, Zhang J, Ma Y (2003) Models to predict emissions of health-damaging pollutants and global warming contributions of residential fuel/stove combinations in China. Chemosphere 50(2):201-15.
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