[prakruti] Expert: Climate Change to Cause Massive Costs in Germany - DW

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>[prakruti] Expert: Climate Change to Cause Massive Costs in

>Germany - DW

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>

>Environment | 26.03.2008

>Expert: Climate Change to Cause Massive Costs in Germany

> Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: By 2100, the last bits

> of snow could be gone from Bavaria's ski areas

>

>The financial costs of climate change could come to as much as 800 billion

>euros ($1.23 trillion) over the next half century, according to a study by

>the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).

> " The economic damage will increase in all federal states, " DIW's Claudia

>Kemfert said at the 3rd Extreme Weather Congress in Hamburg on Wednesday,

>March 26. " What differs greatly is the burden they will carry. "

>

>While wealthier states such as Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria in the south

>might face the highest costs at 129 billion euros and 113 billion euros

>respectively, they'll be less hard hit than poorer regions such as the

>city state of Bremen in the north or Brandenburg in the east, according to

>a DIW study released Wednesday.

>

>More swimming, less skiing

>

>Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Will

>southern Europeans flock to Germany's beaches in the future?

>The impact of climate change will also differ greatly, if the report's

>finding prove accurate. Germany's northern states will mainly face rising

>temperatures, which could actually help the area as it would make beaches

>along the North and Baltic seas more attractive for tourists.

>

>Extreme precipitation in fall and winter will mainly hit central and

>southwestern Germany, while southern and eastern Germany are likely to

>struggle with extended periods of drought. The south will also suffer as a

>result of rising temperatures: By 2100, there probably won't be any snow

>in Germany's Alpine regions, bringing an end to winter sports tourism.

>

>Rising temperatures could also lead to problems with energy supply as

>nuclear power plants, for example, might run out of cooling water, the

>report said.

>

>DW staff (win)

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