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Climate change economics: A net cost analysis of the Paris Agreement targets

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English - June 30, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes - 5.99 MB
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Global temperature rises and climate change will not only bring disruption to the planet’s ecosystems, weather systems, and sea levels – they will also have an impact on current and future human societies through economic turmoil. 

Dr Patrick Brown, of San José State University, finds out when the benefits of meeting the Paris Agreement targets will begin to outweigh the costs.


Read more:

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239520  

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0071-9