Research and analysis

Climate change mitigation: the co-benefits and possible adverse side effects

A scoping study on the co-benefits and risks of climate mitigation actions.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 19 November 2018

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Scoping study on the co-benefits and possible adverse side effects of climate change mitigation

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This paper, produced on behalf of the department in June 2016, looks at the benefits and risks that result from efforts to mitigate climate change.

It concludes that:

• co-benefits can provide additional support for the need for mitigation
• the evidence suggests that benefits outweigh risks
• adverse side effects do occur but these can be managed by well-designed climate policy

Published 19 November 2018