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The Oil Drum: Drumbeat: November 4, 2009
Climate Progress: Energy and Global Warming News for November 4: Economists see threat in global warming
Switchboard, from NRDC: More than 100 Elite Economists Agree: Global Warming is a Risk to the Economy
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Drumbeat: November 4, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... and limit the damage brought about by climate change.
Oil and gas firms accused of failing to address physical climate risks
Oil and gas companies are not only major contributors to climate change, they are also uniquely at risk from the impacts of global warming. But despite the dual legislative and operational risks they face, many are burying their heads in the sand and failing to properly assess climate change risks.
Survey: Economists see threat in climate change
Researchers who deal in cold numbers ...
Energy and Global Warming News for November 4: Economists see threat in global warming
Climate Progress —
Survey: Economists see threat in climate change
Researchers who deal in cold numbers rather than warming climates believe the “significant benefits from curbing greenhouse-gas emissions would justify the costs of action,” a new survey finds.
In fact, the survey of economists finds 94% believe the U.S. should join climate agreements to limit global warming.
The survey results to be released today come as debate over the economics of global warming moves center stage in Washington, D.C. Republican senators boycotted a hearing ...
More than 100 Elite Economists Agree: Global Warming is a Risk to the Economy
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... On Wednesday, as reported in USA Today, a new survey revealed that 84 percent of top economists believe that the effects of global warming will "create significant risks" to the economy, especially to the agriculture, fishing, insurance, and health sectors. ...
Benefits Outweigh Costs of Reducing Emissions, say Economists
Global Warming —
... to limit global warming.
Many republicans and some democrats in Congress are also concerned about the economic costs of reducing emissions, and do not support the current version of the clean-energy bill.
Last month, a National Research Council report found that burning fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, exerts a hidden $120 billion cost on the U.S. economy because of higher health costs, leaving aside climate damage, according to the USA Today article.
The survey also found the following.......
--91.6% wanted a tax or "cap and ...
Avoiding COP15 Burnout with “Expectation Management”
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit —
... (pdf) can be reached, an essential element to any realistic agreement on targets, the pessimist would see success at COP15. Even a baby step is better than just sitting on your rear end. The optimist The optimist sees hard-won progress already made, vast opportunities commensurate with the challenge, and growing consensus that the cost of inaction is untenable, even from a purely economic perspective. A worldwatch study suggests that 4.5 million “ ...
