Climate change already contributing to 400,000 deaths a year and cutting world GDP by 1.6% - report
Wed 26 September 2012
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A new report by an independent NGO based in Europe says that climate change is already having a very significant human and economic impact. The 331-page study entitled Climate Vulnerability Monitor: A Guide to the Cold Calculus of A Hot Planet, says that climate change is already costing the world more than $1.2trn and contributing to the deaths of nearly 400,000 people a year..
The study was carried out by the DARA group, a non-governmental organisation based in Europe, and the Climate Vulnerable Forum and was written by more than 50 scientists, economists and policy experts, and commissioned by 20 governments.
The impacts, it says, are being felt most keenly in developing countries, where damage to agricultural production from extreme weather linked to climate change is contributing to deaths from malnutrition, poverty and their associated diseases.
By 2030, the researchers estimate, the cost of climate change and air pollution combined will rise to 3.2% of global GDP, with the world's least developed countries forecast to bear the brunt, suffering losses of up to 11% of their GDP.
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