Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Environmental Health Building, 1601 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
Colorado School of Public Health, Colorado State University, Environmental Health Building, 1601 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
Curr Environ Health Rep. 2024 Jun;11(2):225-237. doi: 10.1007/s40572-024-00447-6. Epub 2024 Apr 11.
To describe the role of health equity in the context of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technologies.
CCUS technologies have the potential to both improve and worsen health equity. They could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a major contributor to climate change, but they could also have negative health impacts like air and noise pollution. More research is needed to fully understand the health equity implications of CCUS technologies. CCUS technologies have both health equity risks and benefits. Implementing misguided CCUS projects in vulnerable communities could exacerbate environmental injustice and health disparities and have the potential to increase carbon emissions. However, well-conceived projects could benefit communities through economic development. Governments, industry, and society should prioritize and expedite the reduction of CO emissions before considering carbon reductions via CCUS. Furthermore, CCUS projects must be thoroughly evaluated and should only proceed if they have demonstrated a net reduction in CO emissions and provide more benefits than risks to local communities. This underscores the importance of prioritizing health equity in the planning of CCUS projects.
目的综述：阐述健康公平在碳捕集、利用与封存（CCUS）技术中的作用。
最近发现：CCUS 技术可能改善也可能恶化健康公平。它们有助于减少温室气体排放，这是气候变化的主要因素，但也可能带来空气和噪音污染等负面健康影响。需要进一步研究以充分了解 CCUS 技术的健康公平影响。CCUS 技术具有健康公平风险和收益。在脆弱社区实施不当的 CCUS 项目可能会加剧环境不公正和健康差距，并有可能增加碳排放。然而，精心设计的项目可以通过经济发展使社区受益。在考虑通过 CCUS 减少碳排放量之前，政府、行业和社会应优先考虑并加快减少 CO2 排放。此外，CCUS 项目必须经过彻底评估，只有在证明 CO2 净减排且对当地社区的收益大于风险的情况下才能进行。这突显了在 CCUS 项目规划中优先考虑健康公平的重要性。
