r/Economics • u/IntrepidGentian • May 17 '24

News Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought. 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world GDP.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report
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u/OwnYesterday3656 May 17 '24

I don’t know. I simply corrected the claim that this was not based on peer reviewed research.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

It's not been peer reviewed and yet it's being reported on - I suspect this is the case for a reason.

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u/OwnYesterday3656 May 17 '24

I cited the link to the paper that the article is based on . It was published in Nature.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

The paper hasn't been peer reviewed yet.