Climate Change Could Reduce Average Human Lifespan by Six Months, Study Finds

The study, analyzing global data from 1940 to 2020, reveals a correlation between temperature and rainfall changes and life expectancy, with women and individuals in developing nations being disproportionately affected.

Climate change could reduce the average human lifespan by up to six months, according to a new study.
The study, which analyzed data from 1940 to 2020 across 191 countries, found a correlation between changes in temperature and rainfall and a decrease in life expectancy.
A global temperature increase of 1°C could decrease life expectancy by approximately five months and one week, while a 10-point increase in a new composite climate change index could decrease it by six months.
Women and individuals in developing nations are disproportionately affected by the life expectancy reduction due to climate change.
The study's author, Amit Roy, emphasizes the urgent need to address climate change as a public health crisis and calls for mitigation efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.