Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals

In key European cities, stabilizing climate warming at 1.5 °C would decrease extreme heat-related mortality by 15–22% per summer compared with stabilization at 2 °C.

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Published in:Nature climate change 2018-06, Vol.8 (7), p.551-553
Main Authors: Mitchell, Daniel, Heaviside, Clare, Schaller, Nathalie, Allen, Myles, Ebi, Kristie L., Fischer, Erich M., Gasparrini, Antonio, Harrington, Luke, Kharin, Viatcheslav, Shiogama, Hideo, Sillmann, Jana, Sippel, Sebastian, Vardoulakis, Sotiris
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Language:English
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704/106/694/2739
704/106/694/674
Climate Change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Comment
Earth and Environmental Science
Emissions
Environment
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Extreme heat
Extreme high temperatures
Global warming
Heat
Mortality
Paris Agreement
Science
Stabilizing
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Summary:In key European cities, stabilizing climate warming at 1.5 °C would decrease extreme heat-related mortality by 15–22% per summer compared with stabilization at 2 °C.
ISSN:1758-678X
1758-6798
DOI:10.1038/s41558-018-0210-1