The usual way we calculate the economic damage of natural disasters underestimates their true toll – which is key to understanding the costs of climate change.
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With hurricane season comes the usual efforts by insurance companies and government agencies to calculate the economic costs. An economist explains how they’re doing it wrong.
The Trump administration’s decision to dismiss or accept a government-prepared climate report will have life-or-death consequences, says a climate scientist involved in the previous report.
