Most of the world acknowledges that climate change is real and caused by humans. But fighting it remains a monumental challenge. Why? Christopher Knittel, professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has summed up the five key features of climate change that puts it at odds with past environmental issues.

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