'Climate change does not only affect far away places but also the United States, whose administration has announced withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement,' a scientist told 'Newsweek.'
, used figures collected by the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study
Study co-author Eunice Lo, a research associate at the Bristol Research Initiative for the Dynamic Global Environment at the U.K.'s University of Bristol, toldwhen humans endure extreme heart for prolonged periods of time, the body can fail to maintain its core temperature, with fatal consequences. People can also suffer from heat cramps, fainting, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Chicago, where 514 people died in a heat wave in 1995, could reduce deaths by 636 in a 2C scenario, and 875 in a 1.5C one, according to the study. The authors argue their findings show the U.S. would reap"substantial benefits" if the targets of the Paris Agreement are met.:"[The study shows] climate change does not only affect far away places but also the United States, whose administration has announced withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which, as our study finds, could prevent large numbers in heat-related deaths in major U.S. cities.
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