New York — A growing number of climate economists say the world should take “immediate and drastic action” to tackle climate change, according to a survey published Tuesday.
Failing to do so could cost the world $1.7-trillion a year by the middle of this decade, escalating to about $30-trillion a year by 2075, according to estimations by the 738 economists from around the world surveyed by New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity...
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