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Acts of Desperate. Actos Desesperados. Cero y van dos!! Zero and two!!
It seems that the useless orange one discovered that the only way to generate votes in favor are those of contempt or pity; so many attempts on his life! That's how miserable the individual and his associates are. Parece que el inutil anaranjado, descubrio que la unica manera de generar votos a favor, son los del desprecio o lastima; tantos atentados a su vida! Asi de miserable es el individuo y sus asociados.

Big Climate Costs Lie Just Below the Surface

BY JUSTIN WORLAND
Senior Correspondent
Greetings from Washington where finance ministers from around the world are wrapping the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. I’ve spent the week between D.C. and New York talking to a range of people in both the public and private sectors. I will have more to say on these developments in the coming weeks, but today I want to reflect on two recent research items that provide an important perspective on the far reaching costs of climate change.

The first is an April 15 report from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that warns that coral reefs are undergoing a fourth “global bleaching event.” Bleaching—when corals lose their color—is a sign that corals are unhealthy and can result from a range of strains, including polluted water. But the primary driver these days is the warmer waters that have resulted from climate change. While bleached corals are still alive, they are much more vulnerable to disease and much more likely to die. Right now, reefs in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans are all experiencing bleaching; many reefs face a truly existential threat.

I know that reefs may seem like an unusual departure from the harder nosed business and finance topics that I usually address in the column. But the state of reefs is a great example of the surprising economic ripple effects of climate change—and those effects are bound to hit a wide range of firms. Most obviously, reefs drive some $36 billion in tourism across the globe, according to data from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. But that’s just the start. Reefs can reduce wave energy, protecting coastal cities from the high cost of flooding. They support marine fisheries that in turn support food production. And researchers see marine ecosystems as a potential source of new medical treatments, including for cancer.

Add this all up and there’s a lot of economic value at stake—trillions annually, according to some measures. If you run a hotel near the Great Barrier Reef, the threat is obvious. But big firms in everything from pharmaceuticals to consumer goods may be wise to look at the unexpected ways their value chains may be wrapped up in reefs.

As significant as it is, the economic damage caused by the destruction of coral reefs is just one small piece of a much bigger picture of how climate will shape the economy. Another study published Wednesday in the journal Nature brings this idea home. The world has already baked in climate-related losses of $38 trillion per year by the middle of the century, according to the study. That means that average income per capita across the globe will be 19% lower than in a world without climate impacts. And while the poorest regions are hit the hardest, the impacts occur across the globe.

Getting to such numbers requires a range of assumptions, and the authors don’t pretend that theirs are perfect. But anyone who would like to see the global economy continue to grow should take note of how the economic costs of climate change are stacking up. Moreover, as those costs continue to rise, companies will increasingly need to adjust their strategies for a much different economic landscape. The mid-century impacts, forecast in so much climate research now, aren’t that far away. NASA Climate Change NASA's Johnson Space Center The Washington Times National Geographic Magazine TIME Alvaro Sevilla Health Insurance Familia Real De Portugal Linha Legitima e Constitucional Cristiano Ronaldo Leona Lewis GOP GoPro

WARNED AND ANNOUNCED BY THE BIBLE ITSELF
But the most critical and at the same time frightening for the human being himself, is the RIDICULOUS IDOLATRY with which the de Facto Political Leader is followed, loved and defended. Some receive money soaked in the blood of those murdered by the de Facto Political Leader, they receive pats on the back or credits from the Banks that are subject to the LPF. It is a scheme of human degeneration perfected and oiled with the same money from taxes, pensions and loans that the people receive, disgustingly plundered by these FALSE LEADERS.

ADVERTIDOS Y ANUNCIADOS POR LA BIBLIA MISMA
Pero lo mas critico y al mismo tiempo espantoso para el mismo ser humano, es la RIDICULA IDOLATRIA con la que es seguido, amado y defendido el Lider Politico de Facto. Algunos reciben dineros empapados en la sangre de los asesinados por el Lider Politico de Facto, reciben palmadas en la espalda o creditos de los Bancos que estan supeditados al LPF. Es un esquema de degeneracion humana perfeccionada y aceitada con el dinero mismo de impuestos, pensiones y prestamos que recibe el pueblo asquerosamente saqueado por estos FALSOS LIDERES.