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El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion

Grist

Those impacts come with a surprisingly steep price tag, according to the study, which was published in Science on Thursday. By the end of the century, El Niño cycles may spur a whopping $84 trillion in economic losses. “El El Niño is more costly than we realized,” Christopher W. Callahan, one of the authors of the study, told Grist.

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How To Make Your Home More Environmentally Friendly

The Environmental Blog

While the vast majority of environmental damage is done by massive corporations and world governments, rather than little old you, it’s important to remember that collective action can have an impact on helping the world become more environmentally friendly. Participate In Permaculture. Prioritise Energy Efficiency.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. And the costs, financially and otherwise, are quickly becoming untenable. And we’re only at 1°C of increased global temperature rise. We may not have to wait terribly long to find out.

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How RFID technology is playing a role in reducing waste and increasing recycling

Envirotec Magazine

PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. In short, they shout loudly about a few responsible actions they are taking, whilst conveniently glossing over negative issues.

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'Net zero is a no regret policy': How climate action could boost UK GDP by 9.1 per cent

Business Green

These estimates provide both a stark warning of the future economic damage to the UK resulting from a lack of climate action, and a comparison between the costs of climate change impacts and the costs of reducing emissions," said Dr James Rising, who led the analysis at the University of Delaware. per cent by 2050 rising to 7.4

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Climate change is a public health issue amounting to billions in medical costs

AGreenLiving

In previous surveys, healthcare costs had not been included in valuations of climate change damages. Prior governmental analyses only scrutinized costs related to property, agriculture and infrastructure losses. The NRDC-UCSF study is unprecedented. Study co-author and NRDC senior scientist Kim Knowlton confirmed this.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

AGreenLiving

Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. And the costs, financially and otherwise, are quickly becoming untenable. And we’re only at 1°C of increased global temperature rise. We may not have to wait terribly long to find out.