@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 4 months agoEconomic damage from climate change six times worse than thought | A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have foundwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]economicsnews[email protected]
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkEconomic damage from climate change six times worse than thought | A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have foundwww.theguardian.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]economicsnews[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agoWhich is weird, because doing nothing is only going to cost more and more as time goes on.
minus-squareRimulinkfedilink2•4 months agoIt might cost more overall but it will be different people paying that cost (taxpayers and poor, mostly) whereas if we took action now it would be the capitalists paying for it.
Which is weird, because doing nothing is only going to cost more and more as time goes on.
It might cost more overall but it will be different people paying that cost (taxpayers and poor, mostly) whereas if we took action now it would be the capitalists paying for it.