According to the study, "health-related costs added at least another 26 percent to the national price tag for 2012 severe weather-related damages." (Photo: Shutterstock)
Deniers, take note: ignoring, or paying only lip service to, climate change comes with a massive price tag—in lives and in money.
According to a new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the University of California, San Francisco, published in the journal GeoHealth, the cost of climate change can be measured in health issues—and in billions, not millions, of dollars. In 2012 alone, it finds, Americans were on the hook for more than $10 billion in health costs alone from 10 climate-sensitive events.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
