"Even half a degree warming matters. A new study shows how meeting the Paris climate agreement goals would make a difference in lives saved or lost."
"America's biggest cities could avoid hundreds of deaths during future heat waves if the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions enough to meet the Paris climate agreement goals, a new study shows.
Even half a degree Celsius makes a difference in the number of lives lost.
'At the path we are on, toward 3 degrees Celsius warming, we get into temperatures that people have not previously experienced,' said Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy and chief climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists and a co-author of the study published Wednesday in Science Advances. 'The core point is, across these cities, thousands of deaths can be avoided by keeping temperatures within the Paris target.'"
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