{"id":31703,"date":"2022-09-18T18:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T18:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/pollution-and-climate-change-upsurge-the-risk-of-climate-penalty"},"modified":"2022-09-18T19:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T19:58:18","slug":"pollution-and-climate-change-upsurge-the-risk-of-climate-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/pollution-and-climate-change-upsurge-the-risk-of-climate-penalty","title":{"rendered":"Pollution and climate change upsurge the risk of \u2018climate penalty\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>As the globe warms, wildfires and associated air pollution are expected to increase, even under a low emissions scenario,\u201d said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to human health impacts, this will also affect ecosystems as air pollutants settle from the atmosphere to Earth\u2019s surface\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Foretaste of the future\u2019 <\/b><\/p>\n

The annual WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin warned that the interaction between pollution and climate change would impose a \u201cclimate penalty\u201d for hundreds of millions of people.<\/p>\n

In addition to reporting on the state of air quality and its close interlinkages with climate change, the Bulletin explores a range of possible air quality outcomes under high and low greenhouse gas emission scenarios.<\/p>\n

The impact of last year\u2019s wildfire smoke has served to augment this year\u2019s heatwaves. Mr. Taalas pointed to 2022 heatwaves in Europe and China, describing stable high atmospheric conditions, sunlight and low wind speeds as being \u201cconducive to high pollution levels\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a foretaste of the future because we expect a further increase in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves, which could lead to even worse air quality, a phenomenon known as the \u2018climate penalty\u2019\u201d. The \u201cclimate penalty\u201d refers specifically to the increase in climate change as it impacts the air people breathe.<\/p>\n

Air pollutants<\/b><\/p>\n

The region with the strongest projected climate penalty \u2013 mainly Asia \u2013 is home to roughly one-quarter of the world\u2019s population. Climate change could exacerbate ozone pollution, which would lead to detrimental health impacts for hundreds of millions of people.<\/p>\n

Because air quality and climate are interconnected, changes in one inevitably causes changes in the other. The Bulletin explains that the combustion of fossil also emits nitrogen oxide, which can react with sunlight to form ozone and nitrate aerosols. In turn, these air pollutants can negatively affect ecosystem health, including clean water, biodiversity, and carbon storage.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/b><\/p>\n

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report provides scenarios on the evolution of air quality as temperatures increase throughout this century.<\/p>\n

If greenhouse gas emissions remain high, such that global temperatures rise by 3\u00b0 C from preindustrial levels by the second half of the 21st century, surface ozone levels are expected to increase across heavily polluted areas, particularly in Asia.<\/p>\n

This includes a 20 per cent jump across Pakistan, northern India and Bangladesh, and 10 per cent across eastern China. Fossil fuel emissions will cause ozone increases that will most likely trigger heatwaves, which in turn will amplify air pollution.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the heatwaves that are becoming increasingly common due to climate change, are likely to continue degrading air quality. \u00a9 UNICEF\/Habibul Haque Air pollution in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is leading to a series of health problems for the city\u2019s inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Low-carbon scenario<\/b><\/p>\n

To avoid this, the IPCC suggests a low-carbon emissions scenario, which would cause a small, short-term warming prior to temperature decreases. A future world that follows this scenario would also benefit from reduced nitrogen and sulfur compounds from the atmosphere to the Earth\u2019s surface, where they can damage ecosystems.<\/p>\n

WMO stations around the world would monitor the response of air quality and ecosystem health to proposed future emissions reductions. This could quantify the efficacy of the policies designed to limit climate change and improve air quality.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. 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