By 2030, the United States is attempting to achieve a 50 to 52 percent reduction from 2005 levels.
Since the 1700s, human activities have consistently driven up greenhouse gas emissions. All of this culminates in the climate of the Earth changing.
Study co-author Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, director of IS Global’s urban planning, environment, and health initiative, told Inverse it likely goes back to evolution: “Our brains are still wired for when we were still living in the savanna and jungles with a lot of nature around us.”
While the “why” still needs to be settled, lead author Matthew White, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter, told Inverse he hoped the results would result in “support for funding the protection of safe, biodiverse, rich natural spaces that people can spend time in.”
“The people that reported more exposure to nature actually have better mental health than those that don’t, even after we adjust for exposure at the time of the interview, when they are adults.”
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