How Does Climate Change Affect Global Economy?

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 2,0, Heilbronn University, language: English, abstract: Climate change no longer is a topic only for science fiction movies or Greenpeace, but has even reached a relevance for economy and politics. While the melting of the ice or a slightly rising sea level does not have huge economical impact yet, there are already some natural catastrophes like the hurricanes Katrina or Sandy and storm floods in Japan after the earthquake in 2011 that influence global economy. This essay portrays different causes of climate change (such as anthropological and natural reasons) to then uncover the effects of climate change on global economy. Also, effects of actions to regulate climate change on global economy will be discussed.