Climate experts warn that climate inaction will have a higher price tag.

We tried to calculate how much👇 🧵
buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrah…
The World Bank described the pandemic’s economic impact as the worst recession since WWII, with unemployment soaring to 13%.

Now imagine the US economy enduring that every 5 years, starting in 2030. That’s what one researcher estimates climate change could cost.
Climate change is already costing plenty.

Researchers found that about $13 billion of the $85 - $125 billion in damages caused by Hurricane Harvey’s historic flooding can be attributable to climate change. Harvey is the second-most expensive hurricane in US history.
Another way to try to estimate the costs of climate inaction is by modeling a future disaster and its possible damages.

Ongoing research suggests a mega storm in CA, made more likely by climate change, could cost upwards of a trillion dollars.
Climate change has cost billions in damages already, and could cost trillions more in the future. Therefore the cost of various climate policies seem, suddenly, much more reasonable.

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