The Global Cost of Climate Change


by YES! Magazine on Apr 15, 2014 | Views: 565 | Score: 2
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YES! Magazine on Feb 2, 2014 8:43 PM said:

Extreme weather is costing the world $1.2 trillion a year, wiping 1.6% from global GDP—and it will only get worse. Instead of President Obama's “all-of-the-above” energy strategy, we need to make an all-out effort to convert to a climate-friendly economy, creating American jobs in the process. For seven more policy ideas to truly create "opportunity for all," see: bit.ly/1guozA9