Africa > Social cost of carbon jumps by a fifth because of spiralling cyclones, finds study

Social cost of carbon jumps by a fifth because of spiralling cyclones, finds study

Published 10:00 on November 23, 2023  /  Last updated at 16:17 on November 22, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, US

Policymakers are using poor data to calculate the social cost of carbon because global warming is causing increasingly frequent tropical cyclones and hurricanes that leave countries with less time to recover from the destruction, warns a new study.
Policymakers are using poor data to calculate the social cost of carbon because global warming is causing increasingly frequent tropical cyclones and hurricanes that leave countries with less time to recover from the destruction, warns a new study.


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