IMF: Fossil Fuels Subsidies Are $5.3 Trillion A Year If Climate Costs Included

Oil field (Image: Flickr user johnny choura, used under CC license)

Climate change doesn’t just present an environmental threat to human populations, it also has a tangible economic impact. Governments must invest in measures to combat climate change, and deal with its effects as well as the general consequences of societies that depend on the combustion of fossil fuels to run their economies. So how much does all… …read more