Wake-Up call? 30 Million People Could Die Each Year From Climate Change, study says

By Douglas McIntyre  •  November 23, 2024
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A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry forecasts that by 2100, as many as 30 million people a year could die from climate change and air pollution.

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“The research, based on advanced numerical simulations, suggests a concerning trend: pollution-related deaths are expected to increase five-fold, while temperature-related mortality could rise seven-fold, posing a more critical health risk than air pollution for at least 20% of the world’s population,” the Institute reports.

The scientists used forecasts for ten-year intervals, which began in  2000, with 1.5 million people worldwide died from extreme weather that year. The highest mortality rates going forward will be in South and East Asia. Meanwhile, heat will overtake pollution as a cause of death in Western Europe, North America, Australasia and the Asia Pacific region. The authors believe this trend has already begun in the U.S., the UK, France, Japan and New Zealand.

‘Direct threat’
Dr. Andrea Pozzer, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, and adjunct associate professor at The Cyprus Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus, commented, “Climate change is not just an environmental issue; it is a direct threat to public health.” At 30 million deaths a year, it already seems that way. 

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