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Winter Regularly Takes Many More Lives Than Any Heat Wave: 25,000 To 50,000 Each Year Die In Britain From Excess Cold. Across Europe, There Are Six Times More Cold-related Deaths Than Heat-related Deaths...by 2050...warmer Temperatures Will Save 1.4 Million Lives Each Year.
-Bjorn Lomborg
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Winter Regularly Takes Many More Lives Than

Bjorn Lomborg
Winter Regularly Takes Many More Lives Than Any Heat Wave: 25,000 To 50,000 Each Year Die In Britain From Excess Cold. Across Europe, There Are Six Times More Cold-related Deaths Than Heat-related Deaths...by 2050...warmer Temperatures Will Save 1.4 Million Lives Each Year.
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