John Dale Dunn, David R. Legates
The potential for an increase in the health and welfare effects of increasing carbon-dioxide concentrations and the concomitant warming of the climate has become an increasing focus of those concerned about climate change. Some claim that climate change is responsible for an increase in virtually everything that adversely affects human life and that it may also lead to a rapid deterioration of human health and welfare. During the past three decades, a politically-driven pseudo-science has invaded research in toxicology and epidemiology through governmental funding and environmental pressure. These efforts were intended to promote government regulatory activity, including expansion of regulatory controls.
In this Special Report, claims regarding the effects of climate change, rising air temperatures, and increasing carbon-dioxide concentrations will be identified and investigated. The results will show that a slight warming of the planet may make it more habitable and hospitable, that concerns about increases in disease proliferation due to climate change are vastly overstated, and that the expansion of abundant and inexpensive energy through the development of affordable and reliable energy has produced nearly two centuries of human progress and welfare. In particular, some of the policies intended to curb anthropogenically induced climate change may restrict access to affordable and reliable energy and are thus—ironically—harmful to low-income individuals across the world.
Effects of Rising Air Temperatures on Human Health
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that human health is in danger because the average air temperature of the planet may increase up to 4°C (7.2°F), based on the most extreme emissions scenarios (Shared Socio-Economic Pathway [SSP5-8.5])REF and the concomitant climate changes that would result from it. During the decades that the IPCC has been issuing reports on the state of the Earth’s climate, it has repeatedly warned that carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (i.e., methane, » Read More
https://www.heritage.org/environment/report/human-health-and-welfare-effects-increased-greenhouse-gases-and-warming-0