Climate Threat Global Challenges

Study: One person dies every minute due to extreme heat

Globally, one person dies every minute due to rising temperatures, according to a new study from University College London, reports The Guardian.

The study, which is the most comprehensive of its kind to date, warns that the situation risks worsening if leaders like Trump roll back climate policy decisions and if oil companies continue to extract new oil.

The study also points out that the world's dependence on fossil fuels contributes to toxic air pollution, forest fires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever.

At the same time, it highlights that reduced coal use has saved around 400 lives a day over the past decade.

Sweden and the climate
The richest elite emit the most carbon dioxide in Sweden

In three decades, emissions from Sweden's richest 0.1 percent have increased by 44 percent. This is shown by new figures from Oxfam Sweden and the Stockholm Environment Institute, which DN has seen.

In contrast, the 50 percent of Swedes with the lowest income have reduced their emissions by 31 percent since 1990.

The very richest Swedes, around 10,000 people, now emit an average of 198 tons of carbon dioxide per year. A completely unreasonable figure according to Hanna Nelson at Oxfam. She believes that the group's emissions are due to the fact that they own many homes and cars and fly a lot.

- They emit as if there were no tomorrow, she tells DN.

Ultra-rich emissions are estimated to cost SEK 400 trillion

Climate emissions from the world's richest 1% are estimated to cause damage in poor countries at a cost equivalent to over SEK 400 trillion before this century is over, according to estimates presented by the organization Oxfam.

During the same period, emissions from the super-rich population are estimated to cause 1.3 million heat-related deaths. The global South, which bears the least blame for climate change, will suffer in particular.