Global Warming to cost US $3.8 trillion by 2100

James S Murray
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New study argues that hurricane damage, property losses and increased water and energy costs would wipe 3.6 per cent off US GDP

US climate change costs will hit $3.8 trillion by 2100 if inaction on climate change continues, wiping 3.6 per cent off the country's GDP. That is the stark conclusion of a major new study from researchers...

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