Email 4847, Aug 1999, Sari Kovats et al: Increasing CO2 emissions would "will cause a net decrease in temperature-related mortality in many cities"

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"Patterns of mortality in many large urban populations exhibit strong seasonal patterns, particularly in temperate climates, and therefore a reduction in cold winters and an increase in warm summers with climate change will cause a net decrease in temperature-related mortality in many cities. This benefit is not as great under the emission scenarios leading to CO2 stabilisation."