Climate change to batter US economy-report
View/ Open
Request this article
Date
Author
Metadata
Show full item recordClassification code
MB20181126_6Excerpt
Climate change will cost the US economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday that the White House called inaccurate. Global warming would disproportionately hurt the poor, broadly undermine human health, damage infrastructure, limit the availability of water, alter coastlines, and boost costs in industries from farming, to fisheries and energy production, the report said.
Citation
Climate change to batter US economy-report. (2018, November 26). Manila Bulletin, p. 6.
Corporate Names
Personal Names
Geographic Names
Collections
- Manila Bulletin [2433]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Slim odds of reaching 2-degree Celsius goal – researchers
(Manila Bulletin,August 3, 2017 , on page B8)There is a five-percent chance of limiting average global warming to under two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the target set in the 2015 climate-rescue Paris Agreement, researchers said. Based on these data, ... -
Adaptation, mitigation in agri program launched to support farmers, fisherfolks
Francisquete, David Ezra (SunStar Philippines,March 20, 2024 , on page 3)An official from the Department of Agriculture-Davao Region (DA-Davao) Supervising Science Research and Specialist says the agency is supporting the agricultural and fisheries sectors in improving adaptation and mitigation ... -
Climate adaptation activities insufficient in developing cities
(Panay News,March 2, 2016 , on page B3)London - A large amount of money spent on measures to adapt to the impacts of climate change is more strongly linked with protecting big cities than helping the world's most vulnerable people to avert the worst impacts of ...