Climate Change Adaptation Expected To Cost 2–3 Times More Than Previously Estimated
Monday, September 14, 2009 - 23:21
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have warned that UN negotiations aimed at tackling climate change are based on substantial underestimates of what it will cost to adapt to its impacts. The real costs of adaptation to climate change are likely to be two-to-three times greater than estimates made by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the researchers say.