Emissionsgrenzwerte für Kohlekraftwerke: Gesundheitliche Folgen der vorgeschlagenen Grenzwerte in Deutschland

The report finds that the German government's proposed emission limits for coal power plants would lead to 26,000 attributable deaths and €73 billion in economic costs between 2022 and 2038. Implementing the best available techniques (BAT) for all plants would reduce deaths to 5,800 and costs to approximately €15.8 billion. The study also highlights significant mercury emissions under the government's plan, which would cause 1,100 deaths and 400,000 IQ points of neurological damage in children.

• Under the emission limits currently supported by the German government and the planned coal phase-out schedule, emissions from German coal power plants are projected to cause 26,000 attributable deaths between 2022 and 2038.
• The estimated economic costs associated with the health burden, reduced economic productivity, and welfare losses resulting from the government's proposed air pollution limits are 73 billion euros.
• Requiring all power plants operating beyond 2030 to use the best available techniques (BAT) for emission control would reduce attributable deaths by 65% to 9,200 and lower economic costs to 21 billion euros.
• The most stringent scenario, where all plants must implement BAT regardless of their decommissioning date, would further reduce attributable deaths to 5,800 and total health costs to approximately 15.8 billion euros.
• Under the government's proposed scenario (VO-Szenario), coal plants would emit a cumulative 28,000 kilograms of mercury, resulting in approximately 1,100 deaths and the loss of 400,000 IQ points in children's neurological development.
• Accelerating the coal phase-out to 2030, combined with CO2 reductions required by the Paris Agreement for industrialized nations, would approximately halve the health consequences of emissions.

APA

Myllyvirta, L., & Gierens, R. (2020). Emissionsgrenzwerte für Kohlekraftwerke: Gesundheitliche Folgen der vorgeschlagenen Grenzwerte in Deutschland. ClientEarth. https://www.clientearth.de/media/qumi5fl4/2020-05-12-emissionsgrenzwerte-fur-kohlekraftwerke-gesundheitliche-folgen-der-vorgeschlagenen-grenzwerte-in-deutschland-ext-delogo.pdf

Chicago

Myllyvirta, Lauri, and Rosa Gierens. Emissionsgrenzwerte für Kohlekraftwerke: Gesundheitliche Folgen der vorgeschlagenen Grenzwerte in Deutschland. ClientEarth, 2020. https://www.clientearth.de/media/qumi5fl4/2020-05-12-emissionsgrenzwerte-fur-kohlekraftwerke-gesundheitliche-folgen-der-vorgeschlagenen-grenzwerte-in-deutschland-ext-delogo.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{myllyvirta2020emissionsgrenzwerte, author = {Myllyvirta, Lauri and Gierens, Rosa}, title = {{Emissionsgrenzwerte für Kohlekraftwerke: Gesundheitliche Folgen der vorgeschlagenen Grenzwerte in Deutschland}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, year = {2020}, month = may, url = {https://www.clientearth.de/media/qumi5fl4/2020-05-12-emissionsgrenzwerte-fur-kohlekraftwerke-gesundheitliche-folgen-der-vorgeschlagenen-grenzwerte-in-deutschland-ext-delogo.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }