The U.S. economy faces significant risks from unabated climate change. Every year of inaction serves to broaden and deepen those risks. Founded by co-chairs Michael R. Bloomberg, Henry M. Paulson Jr., and Thomas F. Steyer, the Risky Business Project examined the economic risks presented by climate change and opportunities to reduce them.
If we stay on the “business as usual” path, it’s a risky business.
The longer we wait to address the growing risks of climate change, the more it will cost us all.