Bill McKibben -The Crucial Years: Is $38 trillion a lot?

Because that's what we're throwing away

A new study released today in Nature examines data from 1,600 regions of the earth for the last forty years, and concludes that by 2050 #climate change will be causing economic damage worth $38 trillion every single year.

If those numbers seem impossible to comprehend, then let Bloomberg break it down for you, “planetary warming will result in an income reduction of 19% globally by mid-century, compared to a global economy without #ClimateChange .”

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/is-38-trillion-a-lot

Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2° #climate

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/climate-damages-by-2050-will-be-6-times-the-cost-of-limiting-warming-to-2/

👆 this.

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#Gender

#DYK
that 33% of global mangrove ecosystems are in a state of depletion or severe degradation?🤔🌍
-@ipbes #GlobalAssessment

This figure underscores the critical importance of safeguarding mangroves for biodiversity & coastal resilience. 🌎💧

#BiodiversityPlan

#ForNature

Revisiting mean temperature departures over the last 3 months around the world...

🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average

Data information/questions addressed at https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq/

Food waste is a global tragedy.

Not only is this a major development issue, but food waste continues to hurt the global economy & fuel the climate crisis.

Ahead of #ZeroWasteDay, check out the new #FoodWasteIndex report: https://unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/world-squanders-over-1-billion-meals-day-un-report