Taipei Times: Amid the pressures of the global financial crisis, some ask how we can afford to tackle climate change. The better question is: How can we afford not to? Put aside the familiar arguments – that the science is clear, that climate change represents an indisputable existential threat to the planet and that every day we do not act, the problem grows worse. Instead, let us make the case purely on bread-and-butter economics. At a time when the global economy is sputtering, we need …