Experts believe that by the middle of this century, the negative impact on people’s health of energy production will be reduced by 80% by switching to renewable sources. The Paris climate treaty provides for the reduction of carbon emissions in order to lower the global average temperature by 2 degrees Celsius. However, with the exception of a few countries that have announced that they want to reach 0 emissions by 2020, few nations have taken concrete steps in this regard, according to profit.ro. Production contributes 40% of the carbon pollution achieved by all activities in the global energy area.

Experts from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research conducted a study using climate models and energy efficiency to establish three possible scenarios for reducing or eliminating pollution in the energy sector.

In the scenario where most of the carbon emissions are eliminated by switching to renewable energy sources by 2050, the negative impact of energy production on people’s health is reduced by 80%.