Table 1: An estimate of damage caused by global warming (billion US$, km2 area : loosed area, add. death: increased number of death, source: Fankhauser, 1992)
sector EC USA OECD| CIS China ROWý World
coastal defense 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.1
dryland loss 0.3 2.1 5.7 1.2 0.0 4.7 14.0
(km2 area) 1,596 10,695 28,129 23,920 0.0 75,583 139,923
wetland loss 4.9 5.6 6.4 1.2 0.6 12.9 31.6
(km2 area) 9,887 11,121 12,854 9,788 11,918 197,417 252,985
ecosystems loss 9.8 7.4 8.3 2.3 2.2 10.5 40.5
agriculture 9.7 7.4 6.0 6.2 7.8 2.0 39.1
forestry 0.2 1.0 1.8 0.6 0.0 -0.2 3.4
energy 7.0 6.9 6.6 -0.7 0.7 2.6 23.1
water supply 14.0 13.7 7.1 3.0 1.6 7.3 46.7
life/morbidity 21.9 16.6 18.8 3.9 4.9 15.9 82.0
(add. deaths) 14,625 11,070 12,210 12,870 48,690 129,780 229,545
air pollution 3.5 6.4 2.0 2.1 0.2 1.2 15.4
migration 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.5 4.3
Nat. hazards 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.1 1.8 3.0
(add. deaths) 0 80 272 49 876 7,723 9,000
Total (bn$) 72.4 68.0 64.3 20.0 18.7 60.8 304.2
(% GNP) 1.6 1.4 1.2 0.8 5.3 2.2 1.5