How much could climate 'tipping points' cost the global economy?

Michael Holder
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Amazon fires and deforestation have surged in recent years | Credit: iStock
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Amazon fires and deforestation have surged in recent years | Credit: iStock

Climate economists have calculated the economic impacts of permafrost thawing, arctic ice loss, rainforest dieback and other events – and the results are predictably eyewatering

The small cabal of loud climate deniers and delayers now have a favourite new hobby: complaining about the 'costs' of transitioning to a net zero economy. For the most part, their arguments and claims...

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