Temperature-related mortality impacts under and beyond Paris Agreement climate change scenarios
This article provides an assessment of the potential health benefits, in terms of reductions in temperature-related mortality, derived from the compliance to the agreed temperature targets, compared to more extreme warming scenarios.
Additional materials
Limiting warming to 2C would prevent ‘worldwide increases’ in heat-related deaths, The Carbon Brief, 13 September 2018
Restricting global warming to 2C above pre-industrial levels would prevent large increases in temperature-related deaths across much of the globe – an article explaining the findings of this study.