Goforth, T., Nock, D. Air pollution disparities and equality assessments of US national decarbonization strategies. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Create a forward-looking analysis framework for assessing how decarbonization benefits will be shared across different demographic groups by trying a capacity expansion model with a local equality analysis

Case:

• Census tract, US

Methodology:

• Regional energy deployment system
• InMAP

Data Source

• Electricity
• Emission

Findings:

• No decarbonization scenario reaches operating emission distributional equality until they meet their mandate year of 2035 or 2050

• National decarbonization policy could impact the distribution of air pollution concentrations across different demographic groups

Coding Reference:

• Upon request