frogblog » Tiwai Point http://blog.greens.org.nz hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:50:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 The real cost of climate change http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/05/14/the-real-cost-of-climate-change/ http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/05/14/the-real-cost-of-climate-change/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 20:42:53 +0000 frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php/2008/05/14/the-real-cost-of-climate-change/ Phew, it seems like everyone money to lose is joining the Prime Minister in her fleet-footed race from facing up to the costs of implementing the Emissions Trading Scheme. (I wonder where Rio Tinto got the impression it could bully the Prime Minister into backtracking on climate change legislation?)

So what is the biggest cost associated with climate change?

Oh, and while we are on the topic of Rio Tinto, you probably should also read No Right Turn’s analysis of the economic benefit of Tiwai Aluminium Smelter.

Hat tip: Climate 411

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