Heat Waves due to Climate Change have Cost the World Economy Trillions so far

Massive economic losses brought on by extreme heat induced by human-driven climate change are an issue now, not only in the distant future.

According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, since the early 1990s, increasingly extreme heat waves brought on by global warming have already cost the global economy trillions of dollars, with the poorest and lowest carbon-generating countries suffering the most. Researchers from Dartmouth College coupled recently made available, comprehensive economic data for places all over the world with the average temperature for the hottest five days of the year for each region....