UNEP telah melakukan perhitungan terhadap kerugian akibat pemanasan global ini. Sebagai informasi tambahan silahkan disimak ringkasan dibawah ini. Tulisan lengkap dapat dilihat di website unep. Mudah-mudahan bermanfaat Amalia > >Text: UNEP Estimates Costs of Global Warming >($300,000 million in land and agriculture losses anticipated) (1570) > >Losses due to severe weather conditions, submerged land, diminished >agricultural yields and other consequences of climate change could climb to >$300,000 million a year in the future, according to new estimates released >by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). > >"Most countries can expect their losses to range from a few tenths of a per >cent to a few per cent of their gross domestic product each year. And >certain countries, especially small island States, could face losses far >exceeding 10 per cent", said Gerhard Berz, head of Munich's Re's Geoscience >Research group, a re-insurance company that monitors the cost of natural >disasters. > >The study details the anticipated expenses of flood defense structures to >protect homes, factories and power stations from rising waters. Also >calculated are the economic losses of ecosystems, such as mangrove swamps >and coral reefs, which supply food to poor populations. Climate-change >related droughts, fires and floods are also expected to cause losses of >$40,000 million in the agricultural and forestry industry, according to the >estimates. > >The new findings are released as the UNEP Governing Council meets February >5-9 in Nairobi, Kenya. Discussion of a global response to climate change >is on the agenda, according to a February 3 UNEP press release. > >"The scientific consensus presented in this comprehensive report about >human-induced climate change should sound alarm bells in every national >capital and in every local community. We must move ahead boldly with clean >energy technologies, and we should start preparing ourselves now for the >rising sea levels, changing rain patterns, and other impacts of global >warming," said Klaus Toepfer, executive director of UNEP. > >Specific details on the estimated losses are available at >http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=192&ArticleID=2758 > >More information of the UNEP Governing Council session and the global >warming findings are available at http://www.unep.org/GC_21st/ > >The following terms are used in the text: > >To get the complete transcript, send your request to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >------- >Public Affairs Section > >Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan 4 Jakarta 10110 >Telephone: (021)3435-9500, Ext. 9566 Fax: (021)381-0243 >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >US Embassy Homepage: http://www.usembassyjakarta.org > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulai langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive ada di http://www.mail-archive.com/envorum@ypb.or.id
