US EditionOver 50 Hot Days Can Be Avoided Under Paris Agreement
Cutting emissions under the Paris Agreement prevents 57 deadly heat days annually, reducing heat-related deaths and protecting ecosystems worldwide, according to scientific reports.
- A new analysis by World Weather Attribution and Climate Central found meeting current Paris pledges could prevent 77 deadly hot days annually, according to the report.
- Adopted in 2015, the Paris Agreement set goals to keep warming well below 2C and pursue 1.5C, with promised actions limiting warming to 2.6C instead of 4C.
- Country-Level modelling shows Mexico 77 fewer hot days and Brazil 69 fewer, while heat already kills around half a million people annually.
- Signatories will meet next month in Belem, Brazil to negotiate faster fossil fuel transitions as scientists urge stronger policies to shift away from oil, gas and coal.
- Recent observations — including 2024 records and coral bleaching — show `We are still heading for a dangerously hot future`, according to Kristina Dahl, Climate Central.
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Over 50 hot days can be avoided under Paris Agreement
A new analysis of the impact of the 10-year-old Paris Climate Agreement has concluded that 57 hot days globally, every year, will be avoided if countries deliver the climate mitigation actions they have already promised under the Agreement.
A historic agreement made ten years ago gives hope of a safer climate, but only if countries meet their commitments and limit global warming to 2.6 degrees, says the report.
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This is the number of days of heat that could be avoided globally if countries complied with their current greenhouse gas emission plans and limited the rise in global temperatures to 2.6°C by 2100, by 2020.
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