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Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals

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  • Daniel Mitchell

    (University of Bristol)

  • Clare Heaviside

    (Public Health England
    University of Birmingham
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

  • Nathalie Schaller

    (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research)

  • Myles Allen

    (University of Oxford)

  • Kristie L. Ebi

    (University of Washington)

  • Erich M. Fischer

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Antonio Gasparrini

    (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

  • Luke Harrington

    (University of Oxford)

  • Viatcheslav Kharin

    (University of Victoria)

  • Hideo Shiogama

    (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

  • Jana Sillmann

    (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research)

  • Sebastian Sippel

    (The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research)

  • Sotiris Vardoulakis

    (University of Birmingham
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Institute of Occupational Medicine
    University of Exeter Medical School)

Abstract

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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  • Daniel Mitchell & Clare Heaviside & Nathalie Schaller & Myles Allen & Kristie L. Ebi & Erich M. Fischer & Antonio Gasparrini & Luke Harrington & Viatcheslav Kharin & Hideo Shiogama & Jana Sillmann & S, 2018. "Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 8(7), pages 551-553, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:8:y:2018:i:7:d:10.1038_s41558-018-0210-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0210-1
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    Cited by:

    1. Anton Orlov & Jana Sillmann & Asbjørn Aaheim & Kristin Aunan & Karianne Bruin, 2019. "Economic Losses of Heat-Induced Reductions in Outdoor Worker Productivity: a Case Study of Europe," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 3(3), pages 191-211, October.
    2. Jo-Ting Huang-Lachmann & Edeltraud Guenther, 2020. "From Dichotomy to an Integrated Approach: Cities’ Benefits of Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-17, September.
    3. Ben Parkes & Jennifer Cronin & Olivier Dessens & Benjamin Sultan, 2019. "Climate change in Africa: costs of mitigating heat stress," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 154(3), pages 461-476, June.

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