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Climate Change Is a Financial Crisis, Too

Authors Gregg Gelzinis and Graham Steele explain how climate change can lead to significant financial losses.

The people who oversee America’s financial system seem to think that climate change isn’t their problem. As one official quipped in recent congressional testimony, he’s “not a meteorologist or a climate scientist.”

They should think again. By failing to take action, regulators are leaving the country exposed to a devastating crisis.

The above excerpt was originally published in Bloomberg. Click here to view the full article.

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Authors

Gregg Gelzinis

Associate Director

Graham Steele