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On the recordJanuary 27, 2009
if we don't act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5 percent of global GDP each year, now and forever.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez cites the Stern review on the economic risks of inaction on climate change.

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