Tellus Institute Senior Fellow Rich Rosen’s research article “The economics of mitigating climate change: What can we know?”, published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, was recently cited on the Climate News Network. The news article, entitled “‘Forget the cost – tackle climate anyway,’” highlights the main arguments of the research piece:
This argument directly challenges the many politicians and others who insist that governments should adopt policies designed to limit climate change only if they can make a strong economic case for doing so. Essentially, it shifts the ground of the debate from “what is affordable?” to “what is survivable?”
You can read the full article from the Climate News Network here.