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Quantified, localized health benefits of accelerated of CO2 emissions reductions
- todd8 9y agoIn this paper, the authors calculate that between 110 to 196 Million people will be saved from premature death by reducing temperature rise from 2°C to 1.5°C. From the abstract: > We therefore examine the human health benefits of increasing 21st-century CO2 reductions by 180 GtC, an amount that would shift a 'standard' 2°C scenario to 1.5°C or could achieve 2°C without negative emissions. The decreased air pollution leads to 153±43 million fewer premature deaths worldwide, with ∼40% occurring during the next 40 years, and minimal climate disbenefits.