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Global warming has exacerbated the gap between the rich and the poor, and the poorer the poor, the r

A new study by Stanford University shows that since the 1960s, global warming has been gradually aggravating the gap between the rich and the poor. What is the relationship between climate warming and the gap between the rich and the poor? Xiao Bian, let's take you to know about it!

Cold regions such as Norway and Sweden are richer, while hot regions such as India and Nigeria are slowing down. When the temperature is neither high nor low, the crops are more productive, people are healthier and work more efficiently. Global warming makes poor countries poorer and rich countries richer.

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of technology believe that global warming is more harmful to the economic development of poor countries, which may lead to the widening gap between the rich and the poor in different countries.

MIT researchers analyzed the world climate data and economic data from 1950 to 2003, and found that every 1 ℃ increase in temperature would reduce the economic growth rate of poor countries by an average of 1.1 percentage points, but had no significant impact on developed countries, according to a press release released on the 16th.

Researchers believe that the specific mechanism of global warming hindering economic development may be very complex, and the impact of temperature on agriculture should be an important reason. The data show that the damage of rising temperature to industrial production, investment and scientific research and innovation is also more obvious in poor countries. The study shows that global warming is doing far more harm to poor countries than previously estimated. Although historical data may not accurately reveal the future, the impact of climate warming on poor countries should receive more attention, the researchers said.