How great is the risk of economic collapse from climate change?

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Calls for action to address economic risks from worrying climate scenarios have come from natural scientists for decades - now economists are lending their voices, writes the University of Delaware's Dr James Rising

Does unmitigated climate change carry the risk of economic collapse? Natural scientists like James Hansen and E. O. Wilson have been vocal about the dangers to civilization itself, but economists have...

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