USA: Climate report warns of dire economic consequences

ANI  |  Washington D.C. [USA] 

A climate report released by the warned of grim consequences due to

The which is being felt across the 50 states might lead to a loss hundreds of billions of dollars or as much as 10% of GDP by the end of the century, reported

The Fourth National Climate Assessment highlighted that extreme weather disasters have become more frequent, intense, widespread or of long duration.

The report further disclosed that the disasters have cost the as much as 400 billion USD since 2015.

"Without more significant global and regional adaptation efforts, is expected to cause substantial losses to infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth over this century," the report stated.

Stating that humans are the reason behind the 90% of the rise in temperature, the report asserted that the US will be as much as will be 3-12 degrees hotter by the end of the century.

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First Published: Sat, November 24 2018. 06:40 IST