Report unveils USD21 Trillion climate losses since 1992

For decades, residents of Northern Kenya have learnt the hard way to adapt to new ways of living and changing climate conditions in order to survive. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Developing countries in tropical regions are losing ten per cent or more annually of their national income due to climate change.

When Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and capital losses are combined, a new analysis has found that low and middle-income countries have experienced a total loss of USD 21 trillion since the Rio Convention was adopted in 1992.