Decarbonization as public‑health policy

Decisions to replace fossil fuels with nuclear or modern renewables should be treated first and foremost as public‑health interventions because they avert immediate air‑pollution deaths as well as future climate harms. Policymakers should therefore measure and communicate energy trade‑offs in health metrics (e.g., deaths/TWh) alongside emissions and cost. — Reframing decarbonization as a public‑health policy shifts the argument from ideological technology choices to urgent, measurable human welfare priorities and could broaden political coalitions for fast action.