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$600T costs of climate change by 2100. Assuming current global GDP of $90T (which itself makes the claim that global wealth amount to $300T today questionable),
by doingtheiroming 5y ago
$600T costs of climate change by 2100. Assuming current global GDP of $90T (which itself makes the claim that global wealth amount to $300T today questionable), and average global growth across that time of 2%, global GDP will be something like $450T annually. Sounds manageable.
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoAlso millions of lives in poorer countries. But sure… “manageable”. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/climate/bangladesh-floods.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/climate/bangladesh-floods...
- chrbutler 5y agoJust because you can pay for the cleanup doesn't make it not a disaster.