now thats worth worrying about
March 10th 2008 21:41
A new report by the EU has cited Climate Change will wipe a hefty 20 percent off the Global GDP PER ANUM and claims it is already a reality, playing havoc in Global conflicts such as Darfur.
This is by far the biggest number I have seen, as if we weren't all, already converted to the climate change page; this report contains some other doom and gloom facts and figures, perhaps I had seen them before and dismissed them to try to be optimistic but it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves just why we want to take action on Climate Change NOW.
cheers
extract below, click on title for full story.
Louie
[QUOTE]Climate change a new factor in global tensions: EU
From Africa to Asia, and from pole to pole, climate change has become "a threat multiplier which exacerbates existing trends, tensions and instability," warns the seven-page report on "Climate change and international security", to be presented to a European summit in Brussels on March 13-14....................
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"Already today climate change is having a major impact on the conflict in and around Darfur," it states.
It cited estimates that "a business as usual scenario" in dealing with climate change could cost the world economy up to 20 percent of GDP per year, with "the east coasts of China and India as well as the Caribbean region and Central America would be particurly effected."
The report's authors have no miracle cure to put forward.
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This is by far the biggest number I have seen, as if we weren't all, already converted to the climate change page; this report contains some other doom and gloom facts and figures, perhaps I had seen them before and dismissed them to try to be optimistic but it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves just why we want to take action on Climate Change NOW.
cheers
extract below, click on title for full story.
Louie
[QUOTE]Climate change a new factor in global tensions: EU
From Africa to Asia, and from pole to pole, climate change has become "a threat multiplier which exacerbates existing trends, tensions and instability," warns the seven-page report on "Climate change and international security", to be presented to a European summit in Brussels on March 13-14....................
............................. ..
"Already today climate change is having a major impact on the conflict in and around Darfur," it states.
It cited estimates that "a business as usual scenario" in dealing with climate change could cost the world economy up to 20 percent of GDP per year, with "the east coasts of China and India as well as the Caribbean region and Central America would be particurly effected."
The report's authors have no miracle cure to put forward.
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