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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alexa St. John

Researchers slightly lower study's estimate of drop in global income due to climate change

Climate Change Economic Impact - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The authors of a study that examined climate change's potential effect on the global economy said Wednesday that data errors led them to slightly overstate an expected drop in income over the next 25 years.

The researchers at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, writing in the journal Nature in 2024, had forecast a 19% drop in global income by 2050. Their revised analysis puts the figure at 17%.

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