Communicating the deadly consequences of global warming for human heat stress

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 114; no. 15; pp. 3861 - 3866
• Main Authors: Matthews, Tom K. R., Wilby, Robert L., Murphy, Conor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 11.04.2017
• Subjects: Air temperature; China; Cities; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; Climatology; Communication; Global Warming; Hazards; Heat stress; Heat Stress Disorders - etiology; Heatstroke; Hot weather; Humans; Humidity; India; Megacities; Nigeria; Nonlinear systems; Nonlinearity; Pakistan; Physical Sciences; Population growth; Public Health; Social Sciences; Stresses; Temperature effects; Urban Health; Urban Population; Urban populations; Weather; Pakistan; Karachi Pakistan; Kolkata India; India; CMIP5; extreme heat; heat stress; megacities; climate change

In December of 2015, the international community pledged to limit global warming to below 2 °C above preindustrial (PI) to prevent dangerous climate change. However, to what extent, and for whom, is danger avoided if this ambitious target is realized? We address these questions by scrutinizing heat...