Jonathan Patz Featured in Forbes Magazine Article on the Health Benefits of a Low-Carbon Economy
Climate Action Could Avert Nearly Half The World’s Premature Deaths
Article Author: Jeff McMahon
Mar 9, 2022
The pollutants driving the climate crisis are also making people sick, and as the crisis worsens people are getting sicker. That’s the bad news.
Now the good: Mitigating the climate crisis, according to a global health expert, would eliminate nearly half of the world’s premature deaths.
“When you think about what it means to get to a low-carbon economy, and what it could mean for our health, this is an amazing opportunity,” said Jonathan Patz at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “Solving the global climate crisis is the greatest health opportunity of our times, and a low-carbon future could improve global health and achieve economic benefits.”
The costs and potential benefits are concentrated in the three sectors driving global warming: energy, food, and transportation.
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