Fast Company: In the future, society will have to pay for each puff of carbon emissions emitted today. And the bill from the damages--from rising seas and the spread of diseases--is going to cause sticker shock.
Critics of strong national climate change policies often talk about how much taking action costs the economy. What they usually dont mention is the cost of doing nothing.
Its easy to ignore. The figure is hard to pin down and involves estimating the economic damage that will be caused by climate...