Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction

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Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 days ago

Our energies would be better spent tackling the tangible effects of global heating than debating the future dollar value of failing to act.

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