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Increasing costs: The impact of climate change on output will be large

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There is a need to comprehend the macroeconomic ramifications of climate change fully. A report published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) attempts to estimate the impact of climate change on the gross domestic product (GDP) of countries in the Asia-Pacific region under a high-end greenhouse gas emission scenario. It concludes that India could experience a 24.7 per cent loss in its GDP by 2070, thereby remaining one of the worst-affected countries in the region. The negative economic impact is expected to occur via channels like coastal inundation, lower labour productivity, and lower natural resource productivity, with relative impact concentrated

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