Cutting Carbon Emissions <br />Would Save Millions of Lives, New Study Finds.<br />The study was conducted by a <br />Columbia University doctoral candidate... .<br />and published in the journal <br />'Nature Communications' on July 29.<br />It found that reducing greenhouse gas emissions <br />could potentially save tens of millions of lives.<br />One key takeaway is that there are a significant number of lives that can be saved by reducing emissions, R. Daniel Bressler, Columbia University Study Author, via NPR News.<br />By combining recent data on the harmful effects of carbon emissions with recent research on mortality, .<br />the study found that cutting emissions to zero by 2050 would save roughly 74 million lives.<br />The results could have profound implications on how the "social cost" of carbon is interpreted.<br />The "social cost" of carbon <br />is a key metric that has been used <br />in recent years to steer federal policy... .<br />... and allocate trillions of <br />dollars of federal funding.<br />There have been over 100 U.S. government regulations where the social cost of carbon was used, Maureen Cropper, Climate Economist University <br />of Maryland, via NPR News.<br />Imagine you're looking at the cost-benefit analysis of building <br />a new power plant, R. Daniel Bressler, Columbia University Study Author, via NPR News.<br />You're trying to compare a coal plant to a wind farm. And that coal-fired power plant is producing a lot more carbon dioxide emissions. , R. Daniel Bressler, Columbia University Study Author, via NPR News.<br />How do we think about the costs associated with that?, R. Daniel Bressler, Columbia University Study Author, via NPR News.<br />Factoring in the results of the study, <br />which details how cutting carbon emissions <br />has the potential to save human life, .<br />could significantly affect how those <br />costs are considered
