Kristin Aunan

Projects

• Planning for cost-effective environmental risk reduction The project Planning for Cost-Effective Environmental Risk Reduction in China is a major environmental cooperation project carried out by Vista Analysis, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) and the Norwegian climate research center CICERO on behalf of the Chinese Government.
• Health effects of Hebei PM_2.5 Action Plan As part of the preparation of a World Bank Program-for Results (PforR) operation on PM_2.5 pollution in Hebei, the current report provides an economic evaluation of the health benefits that may be achieved from alternative scenarios for PM_2.5 reductions in Hebei in 2017 and onwards. We also include a qualitative evaluation of other benefits, e.g., how the program may contribute to abating emissions of CO₂ and short-lived climate forcers (SLCF).
• Airborne CAS Airborne studies human dimensions of air pollution in China in a historical perspective. How do people’s experiences and fears of air pollution transform into new visions of sustainability and creative forms of action?
• HEATCOST HEATCOST will quantify health risks attributable to heat and air pollution (with a particular focus on air pollution from wildfires) in main world regions under selected climate scenarios and socioeconomic pathways. 
• ENBEL: Connecting health and climate change research Climate change is according to the WHO the greatest threat to human health in the 21st century. By bringing together leaders in climate change and health research the CICERO-coordinated Horizon 2020 project ENBEL will contribute with knowledge and policy advice on climate change and health links.
• ChiNorBC This project will help enhance the knowledge base for and support the development of a strategy for BC/OC co-control in China.
• EXHAUSTION Increasing temperatures and heat waves due to climate change, combined with air pollution, constitute major health risks, and could cause an increase in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases across Europe. EXHAUSTION (Exposure to heat and air pollution in Europe – cardiopulmonary impacts and benefits of mitigation and adaptation) aims to quantify the changes in cardiopulmonary mortality and morbidity due to extreme heat and air pollution (including from wildfires) under selected climate scenarios.

Publications and outreach at CICERO

Gå til: Journal article Report/dissertation Book Part of a book/report Conference lecture and academic presentation

Journal article

2021

• Bin Zhao, Jing Zhao, Hao Zha, Ruolan Hu, Yalu Liu, Chengrui Liang, Hongrong Shi, Simiao Chen, Yue Guo, Da Zhang, Kristin Aunan, Shaojun Zhang, Xiliang Zhang, Lan Xue, Shuxiao Wang, 2021 Health Benefits and Costs of Clean Heating Renovation: An Integrated Assessment in a Major Chinese City Environmental Science and Technology, ACS Publications, EN
• Jana Sillmann, Kristin Aunan, Lisa Emberson, Patrick Büker, Bob van Oort, Connie O'Neill, Noelia Otero, Divya Pandey, Anouk Brisebois, 2021 Combined impacts of climate and air pollution on human health and agricultural productivity Environmental Research Letters, EN
• Sofia Zafeiratou, Evangelia Samoli, Konstantina Dimakopoulou, Sophia Rodopoulou, Antonis Analitis, Antonio Gasparrini, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca De' Donato, Shilpa Rao-Skirbekk, Ana Monteiro, Masna Rai, Siqi Zhang, Susanne Breitner, Kristin Aunan, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni, 2021 A systematic review on the association between total and cardiopulmonary mortality/morbidity or cardiovascular risk factors with long-term exposure to increased or decreased ambient temperature Science of the Total Environment, EN
• Clemens Schwingshackl, Jana Sillmann, Ana Vicedo-Cabrera, Marit Sandstad, Kristin Aunan, 2021 Heat Stress Indicators in CMIP6: Estimating Future Trends and Exceedances of Impact-Relevant Thresholds Earth's Future, EN

2020

• Alexander Samuel Venter, Kristin Aunan, Sourangsu Chowdhury, Jos Lelieveld, 2020 Air pollution declines during COVID-19 lockdowns mitigate the global health burden Environmental Research, EN
• Jeremy J. Hess, Nikhil Ranadive, Chris Boyer, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Susan C. Anenberg, Kristin Aunan, Kristine Belesova, Michelle L. Bell, Sam Bickersteth, Kathryn Bowen, Merci Burden, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Elisabeth Carlton, Guéladio Cissé, Francois Cohen, Hancheng Dai, Alan David Dangour, Purnamita Dasgupta, Howard Frumkin, Peng Gong, Robert J. Gould, Andy Haines, Simon Hales, Ian Hamilton, Tomoko Hasegawa, Masachiro Hashizume, Yusushi Honda, Daniel E. Horton, Alexandra Karambelas, HO Kim, Satbyul Estella Kim, Patrick L. Kinney, Inza Koné, Kim Knowlton, Jos Lelieveld, Vijay S. Limaye, Quyong Liu, Lina Madaniyazi, Micaela Elvira Martinez, Denise L. Mauzerall, James Milner, Tara Neville, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Shonali Pachauri, Frederica P. Perera, Helen Pineo, Justin V. Remais, Rebecca K. Saari, Jon Sampedro, Pauline Scheelbeek, Joel Schwartz, Drew Shindell, Priya Syamsundar, Timothy J. Taylor, Cathryn Tonne, Detlef Van Vuuren, Can Wang, Nicholas Watts, J. Jason West, Paul Wilkinson, Stephen A. Wood, James Woodcock, Alistair Woodward, Yang Xie, Ying Zhang, Kristie L. Ebi, 2020 Guidelines for Modeling and Reporting Health Effects of Climate Change Mitigation Actions Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, EN
• Alexander Samuel Venter, Kristin Aunan, Sourangsu Chowdhury, Jos Lelieveld, 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, The National Academy of Sciences, EN
• Chris Kypridemos, Elisa Puzzolo, Borgar Aamaas, Lirije Hyseni, Matthew Shupler, Kristin Aunan, Daniel Pope, 2020 Health and Climate Impacts of Scaling Adoption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for Clean Household Cooking in Cameroon: A Modeling Study Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, EN
• Anton Orlov, Jana Sillmann, Kristin Aunan, Tord E. Kjellström, Asbjørn Aaheim, 2020 Economic costs of heat-induced reductions in worker productivity due to global warming Global Environmental Change, EN

2019

• Ruolan Hu, Shuxiao Wang, Kristin Aunan, M.J. Zhao, L. Chen, Zhaohui Liu, Mette Halskov Hansen, 2019 Personal exposure to PM_2.5 in Chinese rural households in the Yangtze River Delta Indoor Air: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health, EN
• Kristin Aunan, Mette Halskov Hansen, Zhaohui Liu, Shuxiao Wang, 2019 The Hidden Hazard of Household Air Pollution in Rural China Environmental Science and Policy, EN
• Anton Orlov, Jana Sillmann, Asbjørn Aaheim, Kristin Aunan, Karianne de Bruin, 2019 Economic Losses of Heat-Induced Reductions in Outdoor Worker Productivity: a Case Study of Europe Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, EN
• Haotian Zheng, Bin Zhao, Shuxiao Wang, Tong Wang, Dian Ding, Xing Chang, Kaiyun Liu, Jia Xing, Zhaoxin Dong, Kristin Aunan, Tonghao Liu, Xiaomeng Wu, Shaojun Zhang, Ye Wu, 2019 Transition in source contributions of PM_2.5 exposure and associated premature mortality in China during 2005 - 2015 Environment International, EN

2018

• Bin Zhao, Haotian Zheng, Shuxiao Wang, Kirk R. Smith, Xi Lu, Kristin Aunan, Yu Gu, Yuan Wang, Dian Ding, Jia Xing, Xiao Fu, Xudong Yang, Kuo-Nan Liou, Jiming Hao, 2018 Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM_2.5 exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005–2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, The National Academy of Sciences, EN
• Kristin Aunan, Qiao Ma, Marianne Tronstad Lund, Shuxiao Wang, 2018 Population-weighted exposure to PM 2.5 pollution in China: An integrated approach Environment International, EN
• Kristin Aunan, Mette Halskov Hansen, Shuxiao Wang, 2018 Introduction: Air Pollution in China The China Quarterly, EN

2014

• Line Winther Hansen Alnes, Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Janne Berger, Hefeng Zhang, Shuxiao Wang, Zeqin Dong, Liying Ma, Yu Hu, Wei Zhang, Kristin Aunan, 2014 Indoor PM and CO concentrations in rural Guizhou, China Energy for Sustainable Development, EN
• Kristin Aunan, Shuxiao Wang, 2014 Internal migration and urbanization in China: Impacts on population exposure to household air pollution (2000-2010) Science of the Total Environment, EN
• Hefeng Zhang, Tong Zhu, Shuxiao Wang, Jiming Hao, Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Line Winther Hansen Alnes, Kristin Aunan, Zeqin Dong, Liying Ma, Yu Hu, Min Zhang, Abdel Wahid Mellouki, Fahe Chai, Shulan Wang, 2014 Indoor emissions of carbonaceous aerosol and other air pollutants from household fuel burning in Southwest China Aerosol and Air Quality Research, EN

2013

• Kristin Aunan, Line Winther Hansen Alnes, Janne Berger, Zeqin Dong, Liying Ma, Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Haakon Vennemo, Shuxiao Wang, Wei Zhan, 2013 Upgrading to cleaner household stoves and reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among women in rural China — A cost-benefit analysis Energy for Sustainable Development, EN

2012

• Daisheng Zhang, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, Thorjørn Larssen, Haakon Vennemo, Steinar Larssen, Liulei Feng, Caixia Wu, Ruikai Xie, 2012 Air pollution reduction during China’s 11th Five-Year Plan period—local implementation and achievements in Shanxi province Environmental Development, Elsevier BV, EN
• Hefeng Zhang, Shuxiao Wang, Jiming Hao, Lin Wan, Jingkun Jiang, Min Zhang, Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Line Winther Hansen Alnes, Kristin Aunan, Abdel Wahid Mellouki, 2012 Chemical and size characterization of particles emitted from the burning of coal and wood in rural households in Guizhou, China Atmospheric Environment, EN

2011

• Daisheng Zhang, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, Haakon Vennemo, 2011 The energy intensity target in China's 11th Five-Year Plan period-Local implementation and achievements in Shanxi Province Energy Policy, EN

2010

• Nathan Appleton Rive, Kristin Aunan, 2010 Quantifying the Air Quality Cobenefits of the Clean Development Mechanism in China Environmental Science and Technology, ACS Publications, EN
• Shuxiao Wang, Wei Wei, Du Li, Kristin Aunan, Jiming Hao, 2010 Air pollutants in rural homes in Guizhou, China - Concentrations, speciation, and size distribution Atmospheric Environment, EN
• Daisheng Zhang, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, Steinar Larssen, Jianghu Liu, Dingsheng Zhang, 2010 The assessment of health damage caused by air pollution and its implication for policy making in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China Energy Policy, EN

2009

• Yu Zhao, Shuxiao Wang, Gangcai Chen, Fei Wang, Kristin Aunan, Jiming Hao, 2009 Microenvironmental time-activity patterns in Chongqing, China Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China, Gaodeng Jiaoyu Chubanshe, EN
• Yu Zhao, Shuxiao Wang, Chen Gangcai, Wang Fei, Kristin Aunan, Jiming Hao, 2009 Study of microenvironmental time-activity patterns in Chongqing Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China, EN
• Maya Papineau, Kristin Aunan, Terje K. Berntsen, 2009 Distributional determinants of household air pollution in China Environment and Development Economics, EN
• Haakon Vennemo, Kristin Aunan, JW He, Tao Hu, Shantong Li, 2009 Benefits and costs to China of three different climate treaties Resource and Energy Economics, EN
• Haakon Vennemo, Kristin Aunan, Henrik Lindhjem, Hans Martin Seip, 2009 Environmental Pollution in China: Status and Trends Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, EN
• Kristin Aunan, Terje K. Berntsen, Gunnar Myhre, Kristin Rypdal, DG Streets, JH Woo, KR Smith, 2009 Radiative forcing from household fuel burning in Asia Atmospheric Environment, EN

2008

• Shuxiao Wang, Yu Zhao, Gangcai Chen, Fei Wang, Kristin Aunan, Jiming Hao, 2008 Assessment of Population Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Chongqing, China Environmental Pollution (1987), EN
• Haakon Vennemo, Kristin Aunan, Jianwu He, Tao Hu, Shantong Li, Kristin Rypdal, 2008 Environmental implications of China’s WTO accession Ecological Economics, EN
• Kristin Aunan, Bård Romstad, 2008 Strong coasts and vulnerable communities: Potential implications of accelerated sea-level rise for Norway Journal of Coastal Research, EN

2007

• Kristin Aunan, Terje K. Berntsen, David O'Connor, Therese Hindman Persson, Haakon Vennemo, Zhai Fan, 2007 Benefits and Costs to China of a Climate Policy Environment and Development Economics, EN
• Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, 2007 Health benefits from reducing indoor air pollution from household solid fuel use in China - three abatement scenarios Environment International, EN
• Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, Shuxiao Wang, Yu Zhao, Daisheng Zhang, 2007 Urban and rural exposure to indoor air pollution from domestic biomass and coal burning across China Science of the Total Environment, EN

2006

• Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, 2006 Potential health benefit of reducing household solid fuel use in Shanxi province, China Science of the Total Environment, EN
• Yu Zhao, Shuxiao Wang, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, Jiming Hao, 2006 Air pollution and lung cancer risks in China — a meta-analysis Science of the Total Environment, EN
• Haakon Vennemo, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, 2006 En jord der blomster gror,kan de ønske mer? Miljø og utvikling i Kina Økonomisk forum, NO
• Haakon Vennemo, Kristin Aunan, Jinghua Fang, Pernille Holtedahl, Tao Hu, Hans Martin Seip, 2006 Domestic Environmental Benefits of China's Energy-Related CDM Potential Climatic Change, EN

2005

• David G. Streets, Kristin Aunan, 2005 The importance of China’s household sector for black carbon emissions Geophysical Research Letters, EN
• Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Kristin Aunan, Jinghua Fang, Hans Martin Seip, John Magne Skjelvik, Haakon Vennemo, 2005 Cleaner production as climate investment - integrated assessment in Taiyuan City, China Journal of Cleaner Production, EN
• Kristin Rypdal, Terje K. Berntsen, Jan Fuglestvedt, Kristin Aunan, Asbjørn Torvanger, Frode Stordal, Jozef M Pacyna, Lynn P. Nygaard, 2005 Tropospheric ozone and aerosols in climate agreements: scientific and political challenges Environmental Science and Policy, EN

2004

• Kristin Aunan, Xiao-chuan Pan, 2004 Exposure-response functions for health effects of ambient air pollution applicable for China - a meta-analysis Science of the Total Environment, EN
• Kristin Aunan, Jinghua Fang, Haakon Vennemo, Kenneth A. Oye, Hans Martin Seip, 2004 Co-benefits of climate policy - lessons learned from a study in Shanxi, China Energy Policy, EN

2003

• Kristin Aunan, Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Hans Martin Seip, Jinghua Fang, David O'Connor, Haakon Vennemo, Fan Zhai, 2003 Co-benefits of CO₂ reducing policies in China. A matter of scale? International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, EN

2002

• Jinghua Fang, Guanghai Li, Kristin Aunan, Haakon Vennemo, Hans Martin Seip, Kenneth A. Oye, Janos M. Beer, 2002 A proposed industrial-boiler efficiency program in Shanxi: potential CO₂-mitigation, health benefits and associated costs Applied Energy, EN
• Hans Martin Seip, Kristin Aunan, Jinghua Fang, Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Haakon Vennemo, 2002 Local air pollution and climate change - Lessons learned from case studies in China Asia pacific Development, Power and Energy, EN

2001

• Hans Martin Seip, Kristin Aunan, Haakon Vennemo, Asbjørn Aaheim, 2001 Klimapolitikk - utnyttelse av Den grønne utviklingsmekanismen Naturen, NB

2000

• Hans Martin Seip, Asbjørn Aaheim, Kristin Aunan, Jinghua Fang, Kenneth A. Oye, Haakon Vennemo, 2000 Climate change and local pollution effects. Importance of an integrated approach Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, EN
• Asbjørn Aaheim, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, 2000 The value of the environment - Is it a matter of approach? Integrated Assessment, EN

1999

• Asbjørn Aaheim, Kristin Aunan, Hans Martin Seip, 1999 Climate change and local pollution - an integrated approach Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, EN

1998

• Kristin Aunan, G. Pátzay, Asbjørn Aaheim, Hans Martin Seip, 1998 Health and environmental benefits from air pollution reductions in Hungary Science of the Total Environment, EN

Report/dissertation

2017

• Nigel G. Bruce, Kristin Aunan, Eva A. Rehfuess, 2017 Liquefied Petroleum Gas as a Clean Cooking Fuel for Developing Countries: Implications for Climate, Forests, and Affordability EN

2016

• Kristin Aunan, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, 2016 Health benefits from reducing PM_2.5 pollution in Hebei, China EN

2014

• Kristin Aunan, Hisham Zerriffi, Nigel G Bruce, 2014 WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: household fuel combustion – Review 11: Costs and financing for adoption at scale. EN

2002

• Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, Kristin Aunan, Jinghua Fang, Hans Martin Seip, John Magne Skjelvik, Haakon Vennemo, 2002 Cleaner production as a climate investment - Integrated assessment in Taiyuan, China EN

Book

2010

• Xuetao Zhao, Fang Yu, Guoxia Ma, Haakon Vennemo, Kristin Aunan, 2010 Application of SEA and CBA methodologies in environmental planning ZH

Part of a book/report

2018

• Haakon Vennemo, Kristin Aunan, 2018 Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China: An Unsustainable Situation in Search of a Solution EN

2001

• Hans Martin Seip, Asbjørn Aaheim, Kristin Aunan, 2001 Climate change and local air pollution effects: An integrated mitigation approach EN

2000

• Hans Martin Seip, Asbjørn Aaheim, Kristin Aunan, 2000 Climate change and local pollution effects - Importance of an integrated approach EN

Conference lecture and academic presentation

2021

• Kristin Aunan, 2021 Klimaendringer og folkehelse - CICEROs forskning på effekter og tiltak NO
• Kristin Aunan, 2021 Climate change and health – what is at stake for Europe? EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2021 The effect of decreased traffic on air quality in Canada and across the globe – a silver lining of COVID 19 lockdowns? EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2021 Changing ambient temperatures: What to prepare for and how effective are adaptation measures in protecting human health? EN

2020

• Kristin Aunan, 2020 Forskning på helse og klima ved CICERO NO
• Alexander Samuel Venter, Kristin Aunan, 2020 Global air quality improvement during COVID-19 lockdowns and its implications for public health risk EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2020 Lessons from the EXHAUSTION project EN

2019

• Kristin Aunan, 2019 Hva vet vi om mulige helseeffekter av klimaendringer knyttet til hetebølger og endret luftkvalitet? NO
• Kristin Aunan, 2019 Health impacts of climate change – gradual changes and tipping points EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2019 Integrated Population-Weighted Exposure: A novel exposure metric for developing equitable air pollution policies applied to China EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2019 Husholdningsenergi: Den glemte kilden til luftforurensning og sykdomsbyrde i Kina NO

2018

• Kristin Aunan, 2018 China’s War on Air Pollution – new battles ahead EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2018 Exposure matters: Integrated Population-Weighted Exposure as a metric for cost-effective and equitable air pollution abatement. EN

2017

• Mette Halskov Hansen, Kristin Aunan, Zhaohui Liu, Shuxiao Wang, 2017 The Hidden Hazard of Household Air Pollution (HAP) in China EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2017 Assessing the Energy Access Program in India: Challenges and Opportunities’: Indo-Norwegian Round Table EN
• Kristin Aunan, Shuxiao Wang, 2017 The role of household energy for population exposure and equitable air pollution policies EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2017 Mind the gap: Evidence based air pollution policies in China EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2017 China's 'Airpocalypse'. Impacts on human health and current efforts to reduce air pollution EN

2016

• Kristin Aunan, Haakon Vennemo, 2016 Tverrfaglighet i forskning på bærekraftig utvikling NO
• Kristin Aunan, 2016 "The dose is the demon". Addressing the exposure dimension of PM_2.5 pollution EN
• Kristin Aunan, Shuxiao Wang, 2016 Air pollution in China. Concentration levels, exposure, and health damage – status and trends EN

2015

• Asbjørn Aaheim, Helene Amundsen, Bob van Oort, Kristin Aunan, Anton Orlov, 2015 Impacts of climate change on health and their economic consequences in Europe EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2015 Per Fugelli lectures 2015 Discussant: Opportunities for health and climate co-benefits in an urbanizing developing world EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2015 CICERO-forskning på helse, klima og luftforurensning NO

2014

• Kristin Aunan, 2014 Opportunities for health and climate co-benefits in an urbanizing developing world EN

2013

• Kristin Aunan, 2013 Co-benefits of climate mitigation in China EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2013 Urbanization in China and population exposure EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2013 Urbanization in China and population exposure. Out of the frying pan and into the fire? EN

2012

• Kristin Aunan, 2012 Health effects of air pollution in urban and rural China EN

2011

• Kristin Aunan, 2011 Health damage due to particulate air pollution in Ulaanbaatar – costs and benefits of control scenarios EN
• Kristin Aunan, 2011 Kinas klimapolitikk sett i lys av landets miljø- og energiutfordringer NO
• Line Winther Hansen Alnes, Kristin Aunan, Sveinung Berntsen, Zeqin Dong, Heidi Elizabeth Staff Mestl, 2011 Hypertension and Solid Fuel Use Among Women in Rural Guizhou, China EN

Web articles

• Exposure matters: Revisiting the current approach to air pollution health burden estimation Ambient air pollution and household air pollution are two sides of the same coin, and it may be misleading to treat them as separate health risk factors, according to new studies.
• The flip side of the new Coronavirus outbreak - reduced air pollution mortalities? In February, air pollution over large parts of China was reduced by 20 to 30 percent (1). If air pollution levels remain this low for a longer-term period, 50,000 - 100,000 premature deaths could be avoided according to calculations by CICERO, Norway's leading institute for climate research.