Climate Change to Slash African GDP by 7.1%, Study Shows
- Revenue from crops to fall by 30%, 200 million to go hungry
- Developing world to bear brunt of impact of warming world
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Climate change will drive 200 million Africans into severe hunger, slash revenue from crops by 30% and cut average gross domestic product per capita by 7.1%, a new study shows.
The Center for Global Development study, The Socioeconomic Impact of Climate Change in Developing Countries in The Next Decades, shows that the developing world will bear the brunt of the impact of a warming world. While “moderate economic loss” will be experienced until 2050, after that date the impact will be significant and Africa will be the hardest hit.