The bill for climate change is coming due

“It’s sometimes said that climate change will cost rich countries money and poor countries lives. The science says we’ll all pay.” — Eric Roston in Bloomberg

For decades, the political debate was whether the warnings of scientists were correct. 

Then the question became one of timing: how could we be sure how imminent was the threat?

Now, communities and nations are confronting: who is going to pay for the damage? And how much will adaptation — and migration — cost?

Whether it’s hurricanes in Florida, extreme flooding in Pakistan, or the permanent loss of once-habitable lands all over the world, climate change is creating new economic realities.

Dire climate impacts distract even more dire warnings

Climate change means all cities are in the water-rescue business now

How Pakistan’s flood crisis bends climate talks towards reparations