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Study finds global warming linked to slowing economy
By AFP Published: Feb 09, 2021 07:03 PM
A man takes part in a climate change protest in Times Square in New York, the United States, on Sept. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)Increasingly erratic weather caused by global warming threatens global economic growth, scientists warned Monday with a report showing that even short-lived climate volatility can have a significant impact.
Climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is causing planet-wide temperature rises that have intensified deadly droughts, heat waves, floods and super storms.
But researchers from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Columbia University and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change said impact studies often look at annual averages, rather than the effects of day-to-day temperature fluctuations.