Executive summary -- Introduction -- Ozone pollution and climate change : an unhealthful mix -- A closer look at our methods and assumptions -- Ozone is bad for your health -- analyzing the impact of climate change on ozone pollution -- Health and economic indicators of the climate penalty on ozone pollution -- Where do we go from here? -- Endnotes -- References -- Technical appendix -- Fact sheet : California
Summary
This report from the Union of Concerned Scientists combines projections of future climate-induced temperature increases with findings on the relationship between ozone concentrations and temperature to illustrate a potential "climate penalty on ozone." This penalty demonstrates how higher temperatures could increase ozone pollution above current levels, assuming that emissions of ozone-precursor pollutants remain constant. They analyze this climate penalty's health consequences expected in 2020 and 2050, including increases in respiratory symptoms, hospital visits for the young and old, lost school days, and premature mortality, for most of the continental United States. They also project the economic costs of these health impacts in 2020
