Climate change is caused by both natural factors like continental drift as well as man-made factors like the use of fossil fuels and deforestation. The effects of climate change on the economy include damage to infrastructure from extreme weather, lost productivity from events like floods and droughts, and financial costs of over $145 billion incurred by India alone in the last decade. Rising ocean levels are also affecting Arctic habitats and dying coral reefs, reducing animal populations. It is important for individuals, especially youth, to take action to protect the planet for future generations.

1. Effects of Climatic Changes on
the Economy
Samar Singh

2. Climate change
• Climate Change- It may be a change in average
weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather
around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer
extreme weather events).
• Climate Change leads to -
• Eg:?

3. Main reason for climate change
• Greenhouse Gases- what comprises of
greenhouse gases ?
• Uses of Greenhouse gases

4. Causes of Climate Change
• Natural Causes
o Continental drift
o Ocean currents
o volcanoes
• Man Made Causes
o Use of Fossil Fuels
o Deforestation; why deforestation

5. Effects of climate change on Economy
• Damage to property and infrastructure: Sea-level rise,
floods, droughts, wildfires, and extreme storms require extensive
repair of essential infrastructure such as homes, roads, bridges etc.
• Lost productivity: lost work and school days and harm trade,
transportation, agriculture, fisheries, energy production, and
tourism. Severe rainfall events and snowstorms or typhoons
can delay planting and harvesting, cause power outages, snarl
traffic, and otherwise make it difficult for people to go about
their daily business. Climate-related health risks also reduce
productivity, such as when extreme heat curtails construction,
or when more potent allergies and more air pollution lead to
lost work and school days. Disease related to air pollution?

6. • Mass migration and security threats: Increase in the
number of “climate refugees”. Mass movements of people
and social disruption may lead to civil unrest, and might even
spur military intervention and other unintended
consequences.
• Financial effects: In the last decade only India itself has lost
around US $ 145 billion. And the cost is still increasing.
• Why and what might be the causes for all this loss..?

7. • Rising ocean body
o Arctic Circle is melting; natural animals habitat
getting affected
• Dying coral reefs
o The water animals who feed upon them are
decreasing at a fast rate

8. The end ?
• After all this what can we conclude with this. Is it the
end of the lives or are there any individual who is ready
to do something for protecting our planet earth not
only for us but also for our future generation. Or are
we lost in materialistic world where we don’t see or
don’t want to see what future holds for us. Have we
become so selfish that we don’t care what the our
earth is going through or what we are going through.
Its high time now and we youth have to do something
about this issue. So, lets pledge that we all are not
going to do anything which is going to affect the the
planet Earth.