The economics of climate change: quite often, just silly

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Ahead of the IPCC's report on Sunday, David Powell of Friends of the Earth argues we cannot solely rely on economic models to provide the case for climate action

Hot on the heels of its grim prognosis of just how bad things are going to get, and who it will affect (summary: very, and mostly the poor), the UN is set to release its next major climate report this...

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