From the personal, community, and overall economic perspective, the catastrophic financial risk of climate change should not be underestimated. As Americans are abandoned by insurers, and elected representatives continue to willfully ignore the underlying problem to please donors in the fossil fuel industry, it is only a matter of time before their constituents realize the true costs of climate change.
Andrew Behar
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