“Co-benefits” refers to multiple benefits in different fields resulting from one policy, strategy or action plan. Co-beneficial approaches to climate change mitigation / GHG reduction, in particular, are those that also promote positive outcomes in other areas such as concerns relating to the environment (e.g. air quality management, health, agriculture, forestry and biodiversity), energy (e.g. renewable energy, alternative fuels and energy efficiency) and economics (e.g. long-term economic sustainability, industry competitiveness, income distribution).

The Co-Benefits Hub ASIA, as part of the EPA-funded project “Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation: Coordinator in Asia”, aims to consolidate and disseminate resources pertaining to co-benefits for the use of practitioners, researchers, scientists, policy-makers in order to promote this approach to action-planning and decision-making.

The consultation draft of "The Co-Benefits of Responding to Climate Change: Status in Asia" is available here through the CAI-Asia website.

CO-BENEFITS at the BAQ 2006

Download Synthesis of Co-benefits Discussions at the Better Air Quality Conference 2006.

Good governance for climate & development, and co-benefits innovation
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)
May 11, 2007, Side Event at the SB 26, Bonn

Attention to governance aspect of climate change-related efforts in developing countries is rapidly growing. The session discusses maximizing co-benefits to address and integrate climate change and development, and showcase good practices of good governance in the Asia-Pacific. Download presentations from UNFCCC site on SB 26 side events.

Saltsjöbaden 3

March 12-14, 2007, Gothenburg, Sweden

 Air pollution and its relations to climate change and sustainable development - Linking immediate needs with long-term challenges.More information here. 

US- Japan Workshop on Climate Actions and Developmental Co-benefits
March 5-6, 2007

IES, Japan's Ministry of Environment, and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies held a workshop in Washington, D.C. on March 5-6 to examine co-benefit issues in greater technical depth. The workshop explored applications of co-benefits opportunities in policymaking, the potential for expanding the co-benefits approach to new sectors, and avenues for future cooperation between the U.S. and Japan on co-benefits. As a result of this meeting, EPA and Japan's Ministry of Environment (MOEJ) have signed a Statement of Intent for collaboration on co-benefits research and promotion.  

Read more here.