Climate pact can save thousands of U.S. lives, researchers find

Summertime heat is forecast to become even deadlier without action to drastically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, according to a new study.

Under the Paris climate agreement, 195 countries pledged to cut their greenhouse gas in an effort to hold global warming to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels. They also promised efforts to limit the temperature increase even further, to 2.7 degrees F.

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