Climate Change to Kill 5 Million People Globally by 2020 & It Just Goes Up Each Year After That
From sea level rise, to extreme weather, to desertification, the US has among the highest risk for damages. Photo: US Army / Creative Commons . Each year there are 350,000 people dying due to climate change, with a total death toll by 2020 of five million; each year after that deaths from climate change are likely to be as high as one million people annually–that is unless we take action to soften the blow with immediate and rapid greenhouse gas emission reductions. Tha… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Climate Change to Kill 5 Million People Globally by 2020 & It Just Goes Up Each Year After That
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