US EditionUN Report: Investing in Planetary Health Would Deliver Higher GDP, Fewer Deaths, Less Poverty
- The Global Environment Outlook, Seventh Edition: A Future We Choose highlights that investing in a stable climate can yield up to $20 trillion in global GDP by 2070 and prevent millions from poverty and premature deaths.
- The report indicates that 9 million premature deaths can be prevented by 2050 through methods like improving air quality, all while aiming for net-zero emissions at a cost of $8 trillion annually until 2050.
- Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, stated that continuing with current practices would lead to a future filled with climate chaos and degraded lands, intensifying global poverty.
- The report warns that current development models could reduce global GDP by 4% by 2050 and 20% by the century's end if humanity continues on a carbon-intensive path.
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Transformation of social and economic systems could result in annual revenue of at least US$ 20 trillion for world finances by 2070
UN Report: Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, fewer deaths, less poverty
The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger.
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Global Diaspora NewsPhoto: © FAO/Felipe Rodriguez The environmental agency advocates moving away from focusing solely on GDP and using indicators that also measure human and natural capital, encouraging economies to move towards circularity, decarbonization of the energy system, sustainable agriculture, ecosystem restoration and more. Nairobi, Kenya.- The most comprehensive assessment of the state of the world's environment concludes that investing in a stable clim…
Rubén Armendáriz The United Nations Environment Programme warns that, if the current model is maintained, the average global temperature will exceed 1.5°C by 2030, reducing 20 per cent of GDP by the end of the century. Investing in a stable climate, healthy ecosystems and a pollution-free planet could generate trillions of dollars in additional global gross domestic product (GDP), avert millions of premature deaths and lift hundreds of millions …
Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, fewer deaths, less poverty - UN - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy
The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger. The Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7), released on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, during the seventh session of the United Nations Enviro…
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