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Climate change will kill more Italians and Greeks than Syrians
http://www.juancole.com/2016/03/climate-change-will-kill-more-italians-and-greeks-than-syrians.htmlClimate change will kill more Italians and Greeks than Syrians
By contributors | Mar. 6, 2016
Climate change will kill more Italians and Greeks than Syrians in 2050, as soaring temperatures destroy crops and disrupt food supplies, new research published in medical journal The Lancet has found.
About 124 Greeks will die for every million of its population in 2050, making it the third worst hit country per capita globally behind China and Vietnam, according to the report published yesterday (3 March).
Italy is 12th in the study’s analysis of 155 countries with 4,630 deaths in total. Syria, in contrast, will lose just 320 people, 840 fewer than Greece.
Other EU countries including the UK, France, Germany and Italy will also suffer greater death tolls both in numbers and per capita than Syria in 2050.
