effects of climate change Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:35:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Report: Effects of Climate Change to Cost $4.2tn https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-cost/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-cost/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:35:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55991 Unless the effects of climate change are mitigated soon, then private investors will lose an estimated $4.2tn by 2100. This is true even if the global average temperature remains at the current 2 degrees Celsius. If the temperature continues to rise and reaches 5C, then the estimate becomes $7tn, not adjusting for inflation. These numbers […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-cost/feed/ 0 55991 The World Bank Reports the Devastating Effects of Climate Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-world-bank-reports-the-effects-of-climate-change-20121119/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-world-bank-reports-the-effects-of-climate-change-20121119/#respond Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:22:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28317 The World Bank released a report called “Turn Down the Heat”, which draws particular attention to the impact of increased global temperatures. It is stated that all countries, regardless of their financial status and economic development, will be affected by climate change. Sea level rise, cyclones, drought and food shortages, however, will affect the poorest […]

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