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Delay Action on Climate Change by 10 Years and Costs Rocket 40%: Report
2014-07-29 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: A new report estimates the cost of mitigating the effects of climate change could rise by as much as 40% if action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is delayed 10 years -- immediately outweighing any potential savings of a delay. The White House`s Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. President Barack Obama`s source for advice on economic policy, compared over 100 actions on climate change laid out in 16 studies to extract the average cost of delayed efforts. Released Tuesday, the findings suggests...
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