Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save lives by 2040 (carbonbrief.org)

The article argues that climate policies aligned with the Paris Agreement could deliver large health “co-benefits” by cutting fossil-fuel air pollution, shifting diets, and encouraging more active travel. Using modelling for nine major countries, the authors estimate that by 2040 higher ambition could prevent millions of deaths each year from air pollution, diet-related risks, and physical inactivity compared with current policy trends. The piece frames these gains as a reason to build wider public and political support for stronger climate action.