THE EXPENSIVE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Report: Climate change may pose threat to economic growth

Tim Hume, October 30, 2013 (CNN)

“Nearly a third of the world's economic output will come from countries facing ‘high’ to ‘extreme’ risks from the impacts of climate change within 12 years, according to… The Climate Change Vulnerability Index…[T]he combined GDP of the 67 countries classed as facing ‘high’ or ‘extreme’ risks was projected to nearly triple from $15 trillion to $44 trillion by 2025 -- meaning nearly a third of the global economy would be coming under increasing threat from extreme climate-related events. It projected the population of those countries -- currently estimated at more than 4.5 billion -- could exceed 5 billion by 2025…Five cities at 'extreme risk’…[are Dhaka, Mumbai, Manila, Kolkata and Bangkok]…” click here for more

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