Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals

Nat Clim Chang. 2018 Jun 25;8(7):551-553. 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.