Fighting climate change could save the world trillions of dollars

On the White House lawn in June 2017, President Donald Trump announced that “we’re getting out,” referring to his plan to pull the U.S. out of the historic Paris climate agreement — a deal he considers bad for the American economy. 

But new research suggests that Trump is sorely mistaken. 

The climate agreement, which is intended to limit the severity of climate change, will likely be a substantial benefit to most of the world’s economies, argue researchers in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Not placing limits on climate-warming carbon emissions, however, would be costly for nearly everyone. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Fighting climate change could save the world trillions of dollars