The report calculates that heat stress will cause a 2 per
cent global loss in hours worked by 2030 due to sickness.
Not exact matches
FAO estimates that annually the
loss and waste adds up to US$ 940 billion and about eight per
cent of
global greenhouse gas emissions.
Flooding as a result is estimated to threaten up to 4.6 per
cent of the
global population and cause a
loss of 9.3 per
cent of annual
global gross domestic product.
The amount of penalties imposed for data breaches (the
loss, destruction, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data) is more stringent under the GDPR, and can be as high as # 17m, or four per
cent of
global turnover.
The January crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 99
cents to US$ 59.95 a barrel, adding to a
loss of almost $ 3 racked up Wednesday after OPEC cut its forecast for
global demand for the cartel's oil.
And the nuanced bit: «With these recognised limitations, the incomplete estimates of
global annual economic
losses for additional temperature increases of ~ 2 °C are between 0.2 and 2.0 per
cent of income.»
To explain this, think about the central IPCC projection of a 3.5 degrees increase in
global mean temperature, which would imply significant but moderate economic damage (maybe a long - run
loss of 5 - 10 per
cent of GDP, depending on how you value ecosystem effects).
Global losses totalled about $ 200bn (# 137bn), with uninsured
losses totalling $ 45bn, about 50 per
cent more than in 2007, the report claimed.
Prompt and stringent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally would reduce these biodiversity
losses by 60 per
cent if
global emissions peak in 2016, or by 40 per
cent if emissions peak in 2030, showing that early action is very beneficial.