Latest climate change report predicts dire times for economy, environment.
Contrary to President Donald Trump’s oft-recited, seemingly off-the-cuff opposition to scientists’ rock-solid evidence of global warming, the White House released Friday what appears to be a damning, all-encompassing report that instead predicts increasing economic, environmental and agricultural damage in coming years, reported The New York Times.
A stronghold of 13 federal agencies collaborated on the major report, which concluded that if serious steps are not taken to lessen the impacts of global warming, climate change could cut “up to a tenth of gross domestic product by 2100, more than double the losses of the Great Recession a decade ago.”
The 1,656-page Fourth National Climate Assessment describes how record California wildfires, Midwest crop failures and the South’s run-down infrastructure indicate the effects of climate change on the economy, health and environment.
The report predicts fire season spreading to the Southwest, agricultural yields decreasing significantly, plus American exports and imports negatively affected. The New York Times gleaned conclusions from the report: www.nca2018.
