38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate change

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Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19 % until 2050 due to climate change, a new study published in “Nature” finds.These damages are six times larger than the mitigation costs needed to limit global warming to two degrees.