Study: Fighting global warming reduces deaths annually

science and technology

Thousands of heat-related deaths in major US cities can be avoided if global temperatures follow the targets set by the Paris Convention, where scientists believe that reducing the global warming limit by 0.5 degrees Celsius from 2 degrees Celsius to 1.5 degrees Celsius will stop 110 To 2,720 deaths per city.

The new study, which examined the climate outlook for a warmer world and the current temperature and mortality data, showed that this reduction in global warming would reduce urban exposure to severe heat, according to the Daily Mail.

The new study, led by the University of Bristol, found that making this change now would lead to a much smaller number of deaths. Standard heatwaves in the southeastern United States over the past few weeks have been a stark reminder that extreme heat is rising.

The heat has led to tragic consequences, including premature deaths, particularly in the elderly, infants, children and people with chronic diseases.

Climatologists from the United Kingdom and the United States have collected temperature and mortality data with the climate predictions of different warmer worlds to estimate changes in the number of heat-related deaths in 15 major US cities.

New York was found to have a greenhouse effect of less than 3 ° C with 5798 deaths, but below the maximum of 1.5 ° C, the figure was much lower at 2716.

"If the global temperature rise is reduced to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the exposure of cities to severe heat will be reduced and therefore related deaths in the city can be avoided," said Dr. Yunis Lo of the Capot Institute at the University of Bristol, the lead author.