Mainstream economists accused of playing down climate threat
Economic models have ignored tipping points, rainfall changes and indoor work, leading them to under-estimate climate change’s economic damage
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Climate change means we must rewrite economics textbooks
COMMENT: A crisis in economics education is creating a generation of leaders who don’t understand climate change
Fossil fuel nations to see value of their economies shrink under new UN-agreed measure
Changes to how economies are measured will reflect the depletion of oil, gas and coal reserves, affecting big players like Saudi Arabia, Russia and Norway
Economists defend estimates of climate cost
NEWS: Putting price tag on climate change is key in spurring politicians into action, say economists, lawyers and scientists
US heavyweights unite to establish economic cost of climate change
Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer and Hank Paulson have teamed up to put a price tag on the climate impacts in the US