Session 8: Health co-benefits of climate mitigation

Health and Environment · Wed 18 Nov 2026 · 2h

Teaching›Health and Environment›Course material 2026/27›Session 8

Slides

The slides will be linked here before the session. They are in the student area, so you will be asked for the module password 🔒.

Readings

Read the core readings before the session. The further readings are optional.

Core

Jennings N, Fecht D, De Matteis S (2020). Mapping the co-benefits of climate change action to issues of public concern in the UK: a narrative review. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4(9), e424–e433.

Hamilton I, Kennard H, McGushin A, et al. (2021). The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5(2), e74–e83.

Further

Haines A, McMichael AJ, Smith KR, et al. (2009). Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: overview and implications for policy makers. The Lancet, 374(9707), 2104–2114.

Markandya A, Sampedro J, Smith SJ, et al. (2018). Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2(3), e126–e133.

Lawrance EL, Thompson R, Newberry Le Vay J, Page L, Jennings N (2022). The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: a narrative review of current evidence, and its implications. International Review of Psychiatry, 34(5), 443–498.