Global Coal Damage Costs €360 Billion Annually

The use of coal for energy production causes at least €360 billion worth of damage to human health and the environment every year according Greenpeace.

Damages expert and co-author of Greenpeace's ‘True Cost of Coal’ report Agnieszka Markowska, points out that: "When taking into account about 90 percent of the global emissions and looking at these damages, we get a conservative but robust cost figure of €360 billion annually."

Markowska warned that: "With the projected rising damages due to the impacts of climate change, this total number is likely to increase sharplay."

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