The human cost

In the year 2000, global climate change led to the deaths of 150,000 people.
World Health Organization
The European Heat Wave of 2003 contributed to 22,000 - 35,000 human fatalities and $13.6bn in crop losses.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Crop yields need to double by 2050 to keep pace with population growth but at currently predicted 2050 rates of CO₂ emissions crop yields will halve.
By 2080, 80 million more people are at risk from flooding;
290 million more people could be exposed to malaria;
3 billion people could suffer increased water stress
UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Climate change could result in 50-80 million additional cases of malaria annually.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Global warming could raise sea level one metre in the next century, inundating around 17% of Bangladesh.
United States Environmental Protection Agency

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