Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought
My personal opinion is that we won’t be able to do anything. Nothing’s been done despite the Paris Climate Accords except jawboning. The answer will be climate resilience as we enter a period of dystopia. A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product (GDP), the researchers found, a far higher estimate than that of previous analyses. The world has already warmed by more than 1C (1.8F) since pre-industrial times and many climate scientists predict a 3C (5.4F) rise will occur by the end of this century due to the ongoing burning of fossil fuels, a scenario that the new working paper, yet to be peer-reviewed, states will come with an enormous economic cost. Via The Guardian ...