Shifting to a Clean Energy Economy Would Bring Billions in Economic Benefits, Shows New Report
December 28, 2016 at 10:09 AM EST
We all know the science. The United States and the world as a whole must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent or more by 2050 in order to significantly reduce the risks posed by unabated climate change. Intensifying droughts and heat waves, inundation of coastal economies brought on by sea level rise, and increasing wildfires and extreme weather events across the United States are only some of those intensifying risks.