Tackling Climate Change Can Help India, China With Health Benefits: WHO

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Meeting the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone.

Updated : December 05, 2018 23:42 IST

The largest gains would be expected in China and India (Representational)
Katowice (Poland): India and China could gain massive health benefits by tackling climate change, the WHO said on Wednesday. For India, the gains could be $3.28-8.4 trillion.
Meeting the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone.

The latest estimates from leading experts also indicate that the value of health gains from climate action would be approximately double the cost of mitigation policies at global level, and the benefit-to-cost ratio is even higher in countries such as China and India.

The World Health Organization (WHO) report was launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) in this Polish city.

It highlights why health considerations are critical to the advancement of climate action and outlines key recommendations for policy makers.

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