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Their wordsRather, it insists that we shouldn't deny the costs of climate policy - and must admit that net-zero will cost hundreds of trillions of dollars and deliver few benefits.
Their wordsThe truth is that the rich world matters very little for climate in this century.
Their wordsThe main UN model shows that even if all rich countries were to cut their carbon emissions to zero, it would avert less than 0.2°F of projected warming by the end of the century, while imposing massive hits of up to 18% on rich-world GDP by 2050.
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