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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. and ozone exposure, respectively. and ozone exposure, respectively. RCP 4.5). Hong et al.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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Ozone pollution across the continental United States will become far more difficult to keep in check as temperatures rise, according to new work led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Ozone formation. Even short periods of unhealthy ozone levels can cause local death rates to rise. Scenario A2 and RCP 8.5.

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New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

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It increases future risk for heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory disease for today’s children when they become adults. and that due to ambient ozone pollution increased by 139.2%. There are similar statistics from Europe, Australia, and Japan. It is also having a profound effect on the next generation of Indians.

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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Indeed, new evidence may lead to a further lowering of the WHO guideline in the near future. When we use clean, renewable energy, we are not just fulfilling the Paris Agreement to mitigate the effects of climate change, we could also reduce air pollution-related death rates in Europe by up to 55%. —Prof Lelieveld.

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IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

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Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. However, the underlying estimates do not take into account economic benefits of reduced climate change.

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