More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product by 2030.
That’s if the world fails to tackle climate change. The comments come in a new report conducted by the humanitarian organisation DARA and commissioned by 20 governments.
As global average temperatures rise, the effects on the planet, such as melting ice caps, extreme weather, drought and rising sea levels, will threaten populations and livelihoods.
It calculated that five million deaths occur each year from air pollution, hunger and disease as a result of climate change and carbon-intensive economies.
It adds that toll would likely rise to six million a year by 2030 if current patterns of fossil fuel use continue.
More than 90 percent of those deaths will occur in developing countries, said the report that calculated the human and economic impact of climate change on 184 countries in 2010 and 2030.
It was commissioned by the Climate Vulnerable Forum, a partnership of 20 developing countries threatened by climate change.
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