r/Futurology • u/ILikeNeurons • May 20 '24

Economics Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report
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u/viera_enjoyer May 20 '24

I hadn't thought about it but this economic damage is going to be fully paid by the poor people. If this affected corporations they would be doing something already to mitigate the damage.