Table 2.14

Annual Economic Damage for Doubling of

Pre-industrial CO2 Concentrations

(560 ppmv CO2 equivalent, 2.5°C climate sensitivity)

Region

Nominal Percentage of GDP

OECD

1 - 2 percent

Others (developing and transition

2 - 9 percent

World

1.5 - 2 percent

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