Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion

 Climate change poses a more dire threat to the millennial generation than rising seas do to their parents’ basement.

Two troubling social trends are converging on the horizon, which could bring either promise or peril depending on the next generation’s ability to restructure the economy. According to an analysis by the think-tank Demos and liberal advocacy group Next Gen, as climate change drives ecological turmoil in the coming years, long-term economic stagnation drives social despair, and both demand systemic change driven by youth.[...]