Schools brief | Bad times

Damage from climate change will be widespread and sometimes surprising

It will go far beyond drought, melting ice sheets and crop failures

Editor’s note: This article is the fourth in a series of climate briefs. To read the others, and more of our climate coverage, visit our hub at economist.com/climatechange

This article appeared in the Schools brief section of the print edition under the headline “The widespread damage from climate change”

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