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"The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over
the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a
quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found.
By being the largest carbon emitter in history, the US has caused greater harm
to worldwide economic growth than any other country, ahead of China, now the
world’s largest emitter that is responsible for $9tn in GDP damage since 1990,
according to the findings of the paper.
About 25% of this GDP dampening has occurred in the US itself, although other
countries have borne a heavy toll, with economic losses disproportionately felt
in the poorest countries. Since 1990, US emissions have caused an estimated
$500bn of economic damage to India and $330bn in damage to Brazil, the research
finds.
“These are huge numbers,” acknowledged Marshall Burke, an environmental
scientist at Stanford University who led the new work. Burke added that the US
has “a lot of responsibility, our emissions have caused damage not only to
ourselves, but pretty substantial damage in other parts of the world”."
Via Susan ****
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
