Phillipine Daily Inquirer: The urgency for more climate investment in a warming world

Summary

Shahrokh Fardoust, a faculty affiliate with the economic department, co-authored this commentary on prioritizing climate investment in the Phillipines.

Full Description

"War in the Middle East, escalating trade tensions and budget pressures are putting climate investment under tremendous strain—just when global temperatures and sea levels reach new record highs.

This pressure is compounded when climate investment and development investment are framed in policy decisions as opposing priorities. Competing demands do call for hard budget choices, but the climate trajectory is deciding how much economic growth takes place at all."

Read full article at business.inquirer.net.