Carbon Reduction Benefits on Health (CaRBonH)

The Carbon Reduction Benefits on Health (CaRBonH) calculation tool allows quantification of the physical and economic consequences for human health achieved through improvements in country-level air quality from domestic carbon reductions, specifically policy mitigation actions and measures as reported in the NDCs submitted by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in support of the objectives as set out in Article 2 of the Convention.

This tool will help achieve the goal of the following objectives

Less Contamination
Less Emissions
Less Traffic Noise
Connectivity and Inclusion
Healthy Destinations
Less Traffic Violence
Active Transportation
Green Space

Estimation Technique

This is an Excel-based tool that has been developed for the 53 Member States in the Region that quantifies the health and related economic gains from implementation of the NDCs. Such a tool can be used as a mechanism to assess the outcome of climate-driven policies and to promote decision-making in settings where there is limited data availability.