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How Does Climate Change Affect The Economy

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There are many climate changes that will affect the economy and the amount of debt that we are in as a country. As global warming changes and the weather changes that causes different natural disasters to occur. When different storms strike different areas that causes us to make the move and help those lives who have been affected by the tragic disaster. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, cloud forests are dying, and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. It's becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases, their levels are higher now than in the last 650,000 years. We call the result global warming, but it is causing …show more content…

As a country we have a lot of money issues. No matter how much money we have as a nation and country we will always be in debt. When natural disasters and global warming the United States sends out disaster help to those who are desperate need of good and supplies. We have organizations such as the red cross and there are many hospitals that have trailer that are set up to go out if things were to get bad. It is also know that sometimes disaster even causes economic growth. Sometimes it's not a bad thing that disasters strike some places, it only causes them to become stronger and to help the economy grow economically stronger and it will help strengthen us. In the short term, therefore, disasters have a negative impact on output, income, and employment. Measured by GDP, recovery spending may lead to higher output and employment after a period of time. Even this positive effect, however, is somewhat of an illusion because GDP typically does not account for all the economic losses from the disaster, notably loss of capital. I feel that these disasters could either affect the economy positively or …show more content…

There are many organizations that will reach out to anybody who needs the help and supplies and that is all supplied by the government which put us in een more debt because that's all being paid for out of the governments pockets. There are many positive and negative effects that global warming and natural disasters have on the world and on the economy as a whole. There are many supply and demand curves for all of the needs and the prices of them after things tragic

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