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economic impact of climate change  

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  • THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS of climate change are the net costs or benefits from such climatic change on the global economy relative to a prior world with constant climate. Economic impacts are usually measured relative to a pre-industrial average climate (1750–1850). [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Economics, Impact From Climate Change]

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