The cost of lost labour on a warming planet

September 29, 2026 · 12:00 am 4 sources

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• The cost of lost labour on a warming planet
  Nature · September 29, 2026 00:00
  Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02971-x Researchers quantify the economic damage caused by climate-change-related heat stress on the global workforce.

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• Question of whether taxpayers or fossil fuel companies pay for climate change damage heads to Supreme Court
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · September 30, 2026 20:21
  If fossil fuel companies misled the public about the dangers of their products, should they be required to pay for damages from climate-related disasters?

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• We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature
  Phys.org · September 29, 2026 19:40
  We have long known every tonne of carbon dioxide matters to the climate. But governments keep approving new fossil fuel projects—even as climate change worsens.
• The real cost of coal mines to people and planet
  Phys.org · September 30, 2026 22:20
  The longer it takes to transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, the more costs accrue as climate change accelerates.