“There is a significant number of lives that can be saved by reducing emissions—at the scale of individuals, at the scale of companies, at the scale of nations, and globally.” (From 2021)
, a graduate student in sustainable development at Columbia University and the study’s author, estimates that 74 million lives would be saved globally from heat-related deaths if the world’s economies could “decarbonize”—i.e., eliminate carbon emissions—by 2050. “There is a significant number of lives that can be saved by reducing emissions—at the scale of individuals, at the scale of companies, at the scale of nations, and globally,” says Bressler.
Many people die each summer for lack of air-conditioning or because of preexisting conditions, so trying to figure out the role of climate change in heat-related deaths has been tricky. But now there’s a growing body of evidence that is making that calculation easier.
, Nordhaus came up with an equation based on 2010 statistics for social costs, but as with any formula that involves both climate science and human behavior, it needs updating as conditions change., an associate professor of climate studies at New York University who was not involved with the paper. “It adds the mortality implications of these extreme heat events, which is novel and an important step in the right direction,” he says.
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