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Lancet: heat-related deaths up 36% since Paris Agreement
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Heat deaths up 36% since Paris: the Lancet Countdown report GS3 Climate answers must cite
Lancet Countdown: heat deaths +36% since Paris Agreement.
Why it matters: general awareness
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The Lancet Countdown analysis, by 146 researchers from over 100 institutions, tracks 54 indicators of climate-change health impacts.
It finds heat-related deaths have risen 36 per cent since the Paris Agreement while climate action lags.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- Lancet Countdown analysis by 146 researchers from over 100 institutions
- Tracks 54 indicators of climate-change impacts on health
- Heat-related deaths have risen 36 per cent since the Paris Agreement
- Paris Agreement (2015, COP21) aims to hold warming well below 2°C and pursue 1.5°C
- Countries pursue the goal through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
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प्रीलिम्स
- The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that monitors indicators linking climate change and public health.
- The Paris Agreement, adopted under the UNFCCC, relies on nationally determined contributions rather than binding country-wise emission cuts.
- Heat-related mortality is one of the health indicators tracked in the Lancet Countdown analysis.
मेन्स
GS3 Environment (climate change) with GS2 health links. Rising heat deaths show that climate impacts are now a public-health emergency, while the Paris Agreement's NDC-based, voluntary architecture has not delivered enough action. The way forward is stronger mitigation, heat action plans, early warning systems, resilient health infrastructure and climate finance for vulnerable countries.
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