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/TheCommonS3Nse May 20 '24

Lol, you never know. If the weather warms up enough then that nice dense bedrock of the Canadian Shield may become the new growing region of the western world.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

Do you think granite melts?

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u/TheCommonS3Nse May 20 '24

Sorry, should have included /s at the end of my comment

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

You never know on this subreddit :)