{"id":341418,"date":"2024-09-03T09:12:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T07:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=341418"},"modified":"2024-09-03T09:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T07:12:37","slug":"rising-global-temperatures-saving-millions-of-lives-study-finds-cold-kills-30-times-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=341418","title":{"rendered":"Rising Global Temperatures Saving Millions Of Lives, Study Finds. Cold Kills 30 Times More!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"556\" data-attachment-id=\"341423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=341423\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?fit=1307%2C1006&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1307,1006\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?fit=723%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?resize=723%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?resize=1024%2C788&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?resize=1200%2C924&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?w=1307&amp;ssl=1 1307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/2024\/09\/01\/rising-global-temperatures-saving-millions-of-lives-study-finds-cold-kills-30-times-more\/\">NoTricksZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/author\/admin\/\">P Gosselin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Dr. Peter F. Mayer \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tkp.at\/2024\/08\/11\/steigende-temperaturen-retten-leben-reduzieren-wetterbedingte-todesfaelle-studie\/?utm_source=mailpoet&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source_platform=mailpoet&amp;utm_campaign=daily-notification\">https:\/\/tkp.at<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hat-tip:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/linkezeitung.de\/2024\/08\/12\/steigende-temperaturen-retten-leben-reduzieren-wetterbedingte-todesfaelle-studie\/\">Linke Zeitung here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past 11,000 years of the current interglacial period, phases of prosperity and cultural flourishing are clearly linked to warmer temperatures. A reduction in deaths with rising temperatures can also be observed for the last two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fact: Cold kills nearly 30 times more people than extreme heat, 4.6 million vs. 0.155 million. Rising temperatures drive up the number of heat deaths, but not in extreme heat, but in moderate heat,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tkp.at\/2023\/12\/20\/weltweit-ueberwiegen-kaeltetote-die-hitzetoten-um-den-faktor-10\/\">as TKP recently reported<\/a>&nbsp;and broke down. However, rising temperatures also reduce the number of deaths from cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bjorn Lomborg used this data to illustrate the ratios graphically:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"518\" data-attachment-id=\"341421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=341421\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00GUnab6dXsAA0ncq.webp?fit=680%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"680,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00GUnab6dXsAA0ncq\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00GUnab6dXsAA0ncq.webp?fit=680%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00GUnab6dXsAA0ncq.webp?resize=680%2C518&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00GUnab6dXsAA0ncq.webp?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00GUnab6dXsAA0ncq.webp?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chart: Bj\u00f6rn Lomborg<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, this has meant saving 166,000 lives per year over the last two decades. This is according to the Lancet study by Qi Zhao (2021), which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tkp.at\/2023\/12\/20\/weltweit-ueberwiegen-kaeltetote-die-hitzetoten-um-den-faktor-10\/\">TKP has already reported on<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlobally, 5,083,173 deaths per year were associated with sub-optimal temperatures, accounting for 9.43% of all deaths. 8.52% were cold-related and 0.91% were heat-related. There were 74 temperature-related excess deaths per 100,000 population. The mortality burden varied geographically.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eastern Europe had the highest heat-related excess mortality rate and sub-Saharan Africa had the highest cold-related excess mortality rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we see that global warming saves lives, exactly the opposite of what politicians like Health Minister Karl Lauterbach or EU-Leyen claim and of course the mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Full article here:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tkp.at\/2024\/08\/11\/steigende-temperaturen-retten-leben-reduzieren-wetterbedingte-todesfaelle-studie\/?utm_source=mailpoet&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source_platform=mailpoet&amp;utm_campaign=daily-notification\">https:\/\/tkp.at\/2024\/08\/11\/steigende-temperaturen-retten-leben<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Translated\/summarized in the English by P. Gosselin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: Cold kills nearly 30 times more people than extreme heat, 4.6 million vs. 0.155 million. Rising temperatures drive up the number of heat deaths, but not in extreme heat, but in moderate heat, as TKP recently reported and broke down. However, rising temperatures also reduce the number of deaths from cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":341423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-341418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/00lomborg-climate-deaths-chart.webp?fit=1307%2C1006&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1qOK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":439045,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=439045","url_meta":{"origin":341418,"position":0},"title":"Cold Kills: Massive U.S. Study Finds Cold Weather Causes 20 Times More Heart Deaths Than Heat","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/04\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A new large-scale U.S. study, presented at the American College of Cardiology\u2019s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26) in March 2026, reinforces a long-standing pattern: cold temperatures pose a far greater mortality risk than heat, particularly for cardiovascular health. 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