The rising cost of climate change

A policy debate is needed to recognize that there is a cost to doing little or nothing to curb GHG emissions.

Real and rising costs are now being felt in two key areas: the economic and financial impact of increasingly severe weather, and the impact on public infrastructure.

Governments across Canada are engaged in trying to promote the reduction in GHG emissions at the lowest possible cost. Policy makers and the public can debate the pros and cons of the differing policy choices available; but we must also agree that there are costs to not taking action.

Read the full article from Glen Hodgson in the Globe and Mail here

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