$4 Trillion In Debt Faces Climate Risk

By Douglas McIntyre  •  January 8, 2026

Municipal bonds finance city infrastructure across the US. Almost none of these investments are adjusted for catastrophic climate risk, according to the journal Nature Cities. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains.

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