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The economic cost of climate change is around $16 trillion right now, and still growing [0]. The economic cost of COVID-19 is probably about the same [1]. It s
by fouc 5y ago
The economic cost of climate change is around $16 trillion right now, and still growing [0]. The economic cost of COVID-19 is probably about the same [1]. It seems hard to argue that climate change is a "minor threat" and "completely dwarfed by" the damage of coronavirus. I dunno about overpopulation per se, since part of that drives the economy, would be tricky to count the cost.
[0] https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/climate-change/global-warming/cost-of-climate-change/story https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/climate-change/glo...
[1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/economic-cost-covid-global-preparedness-monitoring-board/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/economic-cost-covid-g...
- XorNot 5y agoEvery 1st world nation on Earth currently has or is flirting with population decline except for immigration, and birth rates have consistently fallen with economic development in poorer parts of the world, and the world fertility rate is current 2.5 births per woman [https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN] skewed by underdeveloped nations. The UN projection for total world population tops out at a little over 9 billion by 2050, and possibly up to 10.8 billion by 2100, but that figure is disputed as more recent population metrics have shown fertility rates crashing faster then usual in nations as their development ticks up - a likely outcome is a peak of 9 billion in 2050, followed by a steady state (ideal) or decline (actual problem since there'd be no reason for the trend to reverse after that) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_of_population_growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_of_population_grow...]