Effects of Climatic Changes on the Economy

Samar Singh

Climate change• Climate Change- It may be a change in average

weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events).

• Climate Change leads to -

• Eg:?

Main reason for climate change

• Greenhouse Gases- what comprises of greenhouse gases ?

• Uses of Greenhouse gases

Causes of Climate Change

• Natural Causeso Continental drifto Ocean currentso volcanoes

• Man Made Causeso Use of Fossil Fuelso Deforestation; why deforestation

Effects of climate change on Economy

• Damage to property and infrastructure: Sea-level rise, floods, droughts, wildfires, and extreme storms require extensive repair of essential infrastructure such as homes, roads, bridges etc.

• Lost productivity: lost work and school days and harm trade, transportation, agriculture, fisheries, energy production, and tourism. Severe rainfall events and snowstorms or typhoons can delay planting and harvesting, cause power outages, snarl traffic, and otherwise make it difficult for people to go about their daily business. Climate-related health risks also reduce productivity, such as when extreme heat curtails construction, or when more potent allergies and more air pollution lead to lost work and school days. Disease related to air pollution?

• Mass migration and security threats: Increase in the number of “climate refugees”. Mass movements of people and social disruption may lead to civil unrest, and might even spur military intervention and other unintended consequences.

• Financial effects: In the last decade only India itself has lost around US $ 145 billion. And the cost is still increasing.

• Why and what might be the causes for all this loss..?

• Rising ocean bodyo Arctic Circle is melting; natural animals habitat

getting affected

• Dying coral reefso The water animals who feed upon them are

decreasing at a fast rate

The end ?

• After all this what can we conclude with this. Is it the end of the lives or are there any individual who is ready to do something for protecting our planet earth not only for us but also for our future generation. Or are we lost in materialistic world where we don’t see or don’t want to see what future holds for us. Have we become so selfish that we don’t care what the our earth is going through or what we are going through. Its high time now and we youth have to do something about this issue. So, lets pledge that we all are not going to do anything which is going to affect the the planet Earth.