Climate Change & Gross Domestic Product

Sir Nicholas Stern told the world in his report that it would take only 1 percent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to tackle climate change. What he didn't say was how GDP would vary across the world as climate change progresses.

A startling new map (view Yale's map) produced by Yale University in the US shows how many economies will suffer as a result of climate change, while a handful may ironically become richer through migration and altered global trading markets. Looking at nations' energy resources, agricultural production, forests and water resources, the scientists behind the project have developed a map which predicts how world economies will change from 2010 until the end of the century.

2007 Global Forecast

World Meteorological Organization - 2006 Climate Report