Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns
But the cost of inaction is also substantial, in terms of deaths, displacement and damage. In the United States last year, damages from floods, wildfires, drought and other disasters related to weather and climate totaled approximately $145 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency said that “extremely high” levels of disasters were becoming “the new normal.”“Reducing emissions substantially is much less painful than you would think, […]
