evidence: Producing and burning fossil fuels creates air pollution that harms our health and generates toxic emissions that drive climate change. [...] Research from Harvard University, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and University College London, found that more than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, significantly higher than previous research suggested—meaning that air pollution from burning fossil fuels like coal and diesel was responsible for about 1 in 5 deaths worldwide. [...] New research finds that deaths from fossil fuel emissions are higher than previously thought—more than 8 million people per year, worldwide.