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Dylan Clark and Ryan Ness

Dylan Clark is a senior research associate at the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices. Ryan Ness is the director of adaptation at the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices.

The health costs of climate change

As temperatures increase, ground-level ozone (a component of urban smog) is projected to worsen. Towards the end of the century, the report estimates that ground-level ozone could cause more than a quarter of a million people per decade to be hospitalized or die prematurely, with an annual cost of about $250-billion, write Dylan Clark and Ryan Ness. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
As temperatures increase, ground-level ozone (a component of urban smog) is projected to worsen. Towards the end of the century, the report estimates that ground-level ozone could cause more than a quarter of a million people per decade to be hospitalized or die prematurely, with an annual cost of about $250-billion, write Dylan Clark and Ryan Ness. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade