Research Shows Cold Far More Deadly Than Heat, 10 Times More In Brazil, 20 Times More In South Africa

Research Shows Cold Far More Deadly Than Heat, 10 Times More In Brazil, 20 Times More In South Africa

• More warming would save lives
• A new, comprehensive Lancet study shows that far more people are being killed globally by cold weather than by hot weather.

...The authors estimate in 2019, “the average
cold-attributable mortality exceeded heat-attributable mortality in all countries for which data were available.”

 Cold effects were most pronounced in China and in New Zealand...Read all.