Major global biodiversity loss could cause enough economic damage by the end of the decade to severely cut more than half of the world’s sovereign credit ratings — including China’s, the first major study on the issue has warned.
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As ratings affect how much governments have to pay to borrow on the global capital markets, the downgrades would result in between $28 to $53 billion of additional interest costs annually. India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Ethiopia would face downgrades of approximately four notches, while almost a third of the countries analyzed would see more than three.
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