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Climate policies could lift global GDP by $2.6 trillion/year - World Bank
http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/technical-articles/generation/reuters/Climate_policies_could_lift_global_GDP_by_$26_trillionyear_World%20Bank/index.shtml
Climate policies could lift global GDP by $2.6 trillion/year - World Bank
Jun 24, 2014 - Nina Chestney - reuters.com
(Reuters) - Global economic output could rise by as much as an additional $2.6 trillion a year, or 2.2 percent, by 2030 if government policies improve energy efficiency, waste management and public transport, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday.
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Climate policies could also avert at least 94,000 premature deaths a year from pollution-related diseases by 2030, improve crop productivity and prevent around 8.5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases being emitted - the same as taking around 2 billion cars off the road.
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"These interventions should seem like no-brainers to governments around the world," World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim told reporters on a conference call.
"The report removes another false barrier, another false argument not to take action against climate change," he added.
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Climate policies could lift global GDP by $2.6 trillion/year - World Bank
Jun 24, 2014 - Nina Chestney - reuters.com
(Reuters) - Global economic output could rise by as much as an additional $2.6 trillion a year, or 2.2 percent, by 2030 if government policies improve energy efficiency, waste management and public transport, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday.
<snip>
Climate policies could also avert at least 94,000 premature deaths a year from pollution-related diseases by 2030, improve crop productivity and prevent around 8.5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases being emitted - the same as taking around 2 billion cars off the road.
<snip>
"These interventions should seem like no-brainers to governments around the world," World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim told reporters on a conference call.
"The report removes another false barrier, another false argument not to take action against climate change," he added.
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