Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals
Authors
Mitchell D., Heaviside C., Schaller N., Allen M., Ebi K. L., Fischer E., Gasparrini A., Harrington L., Kharin V., Shiogama H., Sillmann J., Sippel S., Vardoulakis S.
Journal
Nature Climate Change
DOI
10.1038/s41558-018-0210-1
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.