A single country's carbon emissions can cause trillions in economic damage across other continents
Economic research reveals that carbon emissions from a single nation can trigger trillions of dollars in financial losses for other countries by intensifying extreme weather patterns across the globe.
Carbon attribution science has uncovered a non-local ledger for environmental damage, showing that United States emissions since 1990 alone have caused an estimated 10 trillion dollars in global economic harm. Because every part per million of CO2 adds significant heat to the atmosphere, these emissions have magnified hurricanes and shifted jet streams far beyond North American borders.
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