Climate change has affected 325 million people by Alan Harten
June 1, 2009 According to the Global Humanitarian Forum, climate
change has affected approximately 325 million people across the
globe, causing about $125 billion of costs to the economy every
year. The study, which was governed by Kofi Annan, studied
information about the change in weather patterns and looked at
how damaged crops, disease, starvation, and livelihoods have
been affected. There was worse news however, as climate change
is expected to cause .5 million deaths every year by the year
2030 and will cost the world’s economy an additional $300b. If
nothing is done about climate change, by 2030 costs per year
will rise to $600b. Within 25 years 20m will face poverty, 310m
people will have failing health due to temperature changes, and
75m will be displaced from their native lands, if something is
not done to address the problem. Developing countries are most
likely to see effects due to flooding or drought, but heatwaves
will impact develop