Research ArticleENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Increasing mitigation ambition to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal avoids substantial heat-related mortality in U.S. cities
- Y. T. Eunice Lo1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileDaniel M. Mitchell1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileAntonio Gasparrini3,4,
- View ORCID ProfileAna M. Vicedo-Cabrera3,
- View ORCID ProfileKristie L. Ebi5,
- View ORCID ProfilePeter C. Frumhoff6,
- View ORCID ProfileRichard J. Millar7,8,
- View ORCID ProfileWilliam Roberts1,†,
- Francesco Sera3,
- View ORCID ProfileSarah Sparrow9,
- View ORCID ProfilePeter Uhe1 and
- Gethin Williams1
- 1School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.
- 2Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, Bristol BS5 9LT, UK.
- 3Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
- 4Centre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
- 5Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
- 6Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA 02478, USA.
- 7Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
- 8Committee on Climate Change, London SW1W 8NR, UK.
- 9Oxford e-Research Centre, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QG, UK.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: eunice.lo{at}bristol.ac.uk
↵† Present address: Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
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Science Advances 05 Jun 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaau4373
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4373
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaau4373
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4373
Y. T. Eunice Lo
1School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.
Daniel M. Mitchell
1School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.
2Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, Bristol BS5 9LT, UK.
Antonio Gasparrini
3Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
4Centre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera
3Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
Kristie L. Ebi
5Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
Peter C. Frumhoff
6Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA 02478, USA.
Richard J. Millar
7Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
8Committee on Climate Change, London SW1W 8NR, UK.
William Roberts
1School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.
Francesco Sera
3Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
Sarah Sparrow
9Oxford e-Research Centre, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QG, UK.
Peter Uhe
1School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.
Gethin Williams
1School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.
