claim: Preventing global warming is relatively cheap; business-as-usual will cause accelerating climate damage costs that economists struggle to even estimate.
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change mitigation:300
evidences.article: Climate change mitigation
evidences.evidence: Many economists estimate the cost of climate change mitigation at between 1% and 2% of GDP.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Effects of global warming:257
evidences.article: Effects of global warming
evidences.evidence: Researchers have warned that current economic modeling may seriously underestimate the impact of potentially catastrophic climate change and point to the need for new models that give a more accurate picture of potential damages.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Effects of global warming:259
evidences.article: Effects of global warming
evidences.evidence: Global losses reveal rapidly rising costs due to extreme weather-related events since the 1970s.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Effects of global warming:267
evidences.article: Effects of global warming
evidences.evidence: The total economic impacts from climate change are difficult to estimate.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Global warming:1262
evidences.article: Global warming
evidences.evidence: "Large potential reduction in economic damages under UN mitigation targets".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO