New Energy Is A Matter Of Life And Death
Tackling climate change could save millions of lives, report says
Jacqueline Howard, December 5, 2018 (CNN)
“Climate studies often pinpoint the detrimental public health impacts related to rising atmospheric temperatures, extreme weather events and other consequences of a changing climate…[But a new World Health Organization report shows that meeting] the commitments of the 2015 Paris climate agreement [to New Energy growth and other mitigations] could save millions of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars by the middle of the century…[It could] save more than 1 million lives a year from air pollution alone by 2050… Drivers of climate change, principally fossil fuel combustion, contribute to about 7 million deaths worldwide from outdoor and indoor air pollution annually…
…[The report] is from more than 80 health professionals, academic experts and representatives of civil society and international agencies who have worked on climate change and public health for more than three decades…[It recommends] identifying and promoting actions to reduce both carbon emissions and air pollution; mobilizing mayors and other subnational leaders to promote climate goals; engaging the health community in addressing climate change; and systematically tracking progress in health from such climate change mitigation…[One of the report’s main messages climate change cannot be separated from health] both in the short-run and the long-run…” click here for more
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