Australia is missing out on billions in short-term health savings that could come with tougher greenhouse emission targets, experts say.
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| Burning fossil fuels not only produces greenhouse gases, but pollution that can cause health problems. |
Air pollution can lead to premature deaths and problems such as heart attacks and asthma, but the economic cost of this is not being pitted against the apparent benefits to the economy of burning fossil fuels, according to Tony Capon, professor of planetary health at the University of Sydney.
He and others point to ballpark figures suggesting the energy and transport sectors alone cost Australia at least $6 billion a year in health problems.
Read the ABC News story by Anna Salleh - “Australian climate policy ignoring billions in potential health savings, experts say.”
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