CVI in the media
Bloomberg: Listening to Hurricane Sandy: Climate Change is Here
Source: Bloomberg ByAndrew SteerNov 2, 2012 5:52 PM GMT+0100 Hurricane Sandy was a massive and deadly storm, extending more than 1,000 miles, bringing huge waves and more than 13 feet of water to parts of New York City. In Manhattan, floods swept away [...] Read more...
Bloomberg Businessweek: Climate Change Reducing Global GDP by $1.2 Trillion
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek By Ehren Goossens on September 26, 2012 Climate change and pollution related to carbon-dioxide emissions are reducing the world’s gross domestic product by 1.6 percent a year, about $1.2 trillion, according to a report. [...] Read more...
Newsweek: Climate Change Kills 400,000 a Year, New Report Reveals
Source: Newsweek The Earth’s changing climate is costing the global economy $1.2 trillion a year and killing 1,000 children a day, according to a new study—and the U.N. warns the summer’s record heat and drought could trigger a catastrophe. Nearly [...] Read more...
NewScientist: Climate change already harming the global economy
Source: NewScientist Never mind what's going to happen in 2100: climate change is already shrinking the global economy. According to the Climate Vulnerability Monitor – a report by Spanish non-profit organisation DARA – in 2010 climate change shaved [...] Read more...
The Daily Telegraph: Why it pays to splash out on flood defences
Source: The Daily Telegraph With heavy rainfall predicted to get worse in the coming decades, the most cost-effective solution is to improve the infrastructure By Geoffrey Lean Beneath Carlisle, in a modernistic underpass [...] Read more...
The Daily Mail: Ignore climate change and 100m people will die by 2030, shocking new report claims
Source: The Daily Mail More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments has claimed [...] Read more...
AlertNet: Climate change, carbon economy killing 5 million a year – study
Source: AlertNet By Megan Rowling LONDON (AlertNet) - Climate change and the world's addiction to polluting fuels are costing nearly 5 million lives each year and lowering global output by some $1.2 trillion annually, demonstrating the need for swift action [...] Read more...
The Guardian: Climate change is already damaging global economy, report finds
Source: The Guardian Economic impact of global warming is costing the world more than $1.2 trillion a year, wiping 1.6% annually from global GDP Bangladeshi villagers rebuild an embankment after cyclone Aila hit in 2009. Bangladesh faces total losses [...] Read more...
Europa Press (Spanish): El cambio climático ya provoca cinco millones de muertos al año
Source: Europa Press (Spanish) La gran mayoría de los fallecimientos se debe a la contaminación atmósferica causada por el carbono MADRID, 26 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) - El cambio climático y la economía basada en el uso intensivo del carbono causan la muerte [...] Read more...
AFP: Global warming freezes world economy: report
Source: AFP By Sebastian Smith (AFP)–Sep 26, 2012 NEW YORK — Climate change caused by global warming is freezing the world economy, a report commissioned by 20 of the world's most vulnerable countries said Wednesday. "Climate Vulnerability Monitor [...] Read more...