Free exchange: Climate change and inequality

Print section Print Rubric:  The unequal effects of climate change mean its costs are understated Print Headline:  It's not the heat, it's the cupidity Print Fly Title:  Free exchange UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  Liu Xiaobo's death holds a message for China Fly Title:  Free exchange Main image:  20170715_FND000_0.jpg ON JULY 12, the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica disgorged a chunk of ice the size of Delaware, a small state on America's east coast. America's government seems unfazed by the possibility that such shifts might one day threaten Delaware itself. Its climate defiance grows not only from the power of its fossil-fuel industry and the scepticism of the Republican party, but also from a sense of insulation from the costs of global warming. This confidence is misplaced. New research indicates not only that climate change will impose heavy ...

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