Death

“Every year heat kills tens of thousands of people. Their breathing grows shallow, their heart rates flutter, their muscles spasm, and then they die.”

“Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world.”

Estimates of annual (premature) pollution-related deaths go from 4 million to 9 million – mostly due to “local” pollution.

Death rates from greenhouse gas effects are increasing and are expected to multiply.

“Continued high emissions of greenhouse gases…will increase the global mortality risk" to become "almost as large as the current fatality rate from cancers”, according to Congressional testimony.

One study concluded, “a rapid phaseout of fossil-fuel-related emissions and major reductions of other anthropogenic sources are needed to save millions of lives.”