silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoEconomic damage from climate change six times worse than thought | A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have foundwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down10
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkEconomic damage from climate change six times worse than thought | A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have foundwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months ago A 3C temperature increase will cause “precipitous declines in output, capital and consumption that exceed 50% by 2100” Remember this is a global average. There will be places with a 100% decline.
minus-squarehumbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoAnd, most importantly, -200% decline
Remember this is a global average. There will be places with a 100% decline.
And, most importantly, -200% decline