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Reasons to Conserve

Use the following links for different perspectives:

	Environmental Impacts
	Cost Impacts
	Health Impacts
	Economic Impacts

	Ecosystems Impacts
	Security Impacts
	Human Rights Impacts
	Other Impacts

Economic Impacts:

Ignoring global warming would end up costing $20 trillion by 2100.
It's predicted that each 1% increase in annual precipitation would enlarge the cost of catastrophic storms by 2.8%.
Hurricanes cost millions in damages and diseases cost money to treat.
Impacts on farmers’ growing seasons.

Something to think about:

Acceding to a British Government report, global warming could cause a Global Great Depression, costing the world up to 20% of its annual Global Domestic Product.

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Last Modified: 05/01/08

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