How Climate Change Could Wipe Out Half the World’s GDP by 2070

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, discusses a new study warning that climate change could destroy 50% of global GDP by 2070. The crisis could wipe out agricultural land, leading to mass food shortages and economic collapse. Rising temperatures could also render large parts of the world uninhabitable, displacing millions and shrinking the global job market. While the prediction may be extreme, even a partial realization of this scenario would have catastrophic consequences.

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