“The mix of needed energetic, economic, fiscal, agricultural and financial policies to adapt to climate change and to keep below the 2° C the overall increase temperature could account for less than 0.06% of global GDP.” It is the calculation made by Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, the outgoing vice president of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations, spoke at the XII International Media Forum in Rieti of Greenaccord about Environmental Information. “And this information – the Belgian climatologist said – does not take into account the economic benefits related to the protection of ecosystems and natural resources.”
“The mix of needed energetic, economic, fiscal, agricultural and financial policies to adapt to climate change and to keep below the 2 ° C the overall increase temperature could account for less than 0.06% of global GDP.” It is the calculation made by Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, the outgoing vice president of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations, spoke at the XII International Media Forum in Rieti of Greenaccord about Environmental Information. “And this information – said the Belgian climatologist – does not take into account the economic benefits related to the protection of ecosystems and natural resources.”