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Empirical Evidence show climate damages of 19% of GDP for the next 26 years
- Certhas 3y agoWe now have decades of data of a world that is 1-1.5 degrees warmer. A precise analysis of how the world has reacted to this warming shows empirical evidence that climate change has a dramatic effect on economic productivity already. Analyzing what this type of damages imply until 2050, under the optimistic assumption that we will limit climate d/change to 2° leads to the headline figure.