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Countries Most Vulnerable to Fossil Fuel Phaseout Generate Just 6% of Global Output, Climate Analysis Finds

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Countries highly vulnerable to the phase-out of oil, gas and coal account for just 6% of global economic output, countries in Africa stand to benefit from their vast solar energy potential, and the economic interests of the U.S., Europe and China are affected by climate policy in surprisingly similar ways. A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) published in Nature Sustainability now shows, for 169 countries around the…

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Which countries benefit economically from climate protection – and which countries do not? Researchers have now examined this more closely for 169 countries worldwide. The result is surprising.

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Inequal opportunities: Strict climate protection changes not only greenhouse gas emissions, but also the value of oil, forests and renewable energies. A model analysis for 169 countries shows that states with particularly large advantages often have little economic power. However, the largest economies expect comparatively moderate changes in their investigated assets. Potsdam (Germany). Limiting global warming is in the long term in the common …

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Countries that are highly vulnerable to the phasing out of oil, gas and coal account for only 6 per cent of global economic production, African countries should benefit from their vast solar energy potential, and the economic interests of the United States, Europe and China are affected by climate policy [...]

Which countries benefit economically from climate protection – and which countries do not? Researchers have now examined this in more detail for 169 countries worldwide.

Countries that are severely disadvantaged by the exit from oil, gas and coal represent only 6 percent of global economic output, countries in Africa

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