Sentences with phrase «economic damages worldwide»

The collaborative study suggests that multiple interacting climate tipping points could be triggered this century if climate change isn't tackled — leading to irreversible economic damages worldwide.

Beyond saving lives, consider the money saved (traffic accidents cause $ 500 billion in economic damage worldwide each year), the benefits to cities (parking lots become green spaces), the increases in productivity (commuters can work in transit; truckers can sleep without pulling over), and improvements in accessibility (the elderly, blind, and disabled get affordable robot chauffeurs!).

Not exact matches

The report — placing global flood damage at $ 6 billion annually from 2005 figures — projected that flooding worldwide will cost $ 52 billion in socio - economic change alone.

The 195 works just committed address gaps in SFMOMA's historical survey increasingly hard to fill in a sector of the art economy little damaged by the worldwide economic downturn.

In theory, the SCC measures the worldwide economic damage caused by the emission of a ton of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Water and food scarcity, flooding or extreme weather events, violent conflicts, economic collapses, and a number of other climate damages could precipitate mass migration to the United States from regions worldwide.

Economic damages from weather - related disasters climbed to near - record levels in 2012, with over 800 major events worldwide causing an estimated $ 130 billion in losses.