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Barclays Says Climate Disaster Will Collapse Major Currencies
A severe climate shock in the next 50 years will wreak havoc on the global economy and upend currency markets as we know them, according to a new study by Barclays Plc. Analysts at the bank have published a model of emissions scenarios, along with predictions for how foreign exchange markets will be affected. In the most extreme case, they predict the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen could drop by more than 50% by 2070 because of the economic toll stemming from rising sea levels, air pollution and crop failure. It’s a dramatic estimate entailing unprecedented disaster and human suffering in some of the world’s most ... (full story)
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