Study: Climate change threatens one-fift • Table.Briefings

The flooded German village of Dernau in July 2021. According to the World Weather Attribution research group, climate change intensified the extreme rainfall at that time.

In total, global climate-related damage could amount to 38 trillion US dollars by the middle of the century: this is the conclusion reached by PIK researchers in a new study. By 2100, more than half of global economic output could be lost.

Whether due to crop failures, infrastructure damage or lower labor productivity: Climate change could cause economic damages of 38 trillion US dollars worldwide in 2050, even if greenhouse gas emissions were to be drastically cut immediately. This is the conclusion of researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in a recent study published in the scientific journal Nature.

Study: Climate change threatens one-fifth of global income in 2050

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