Tuesday, October 05, 2021

The economic case for strong action on climate change

Dan Riskin on paying to address climate change


Transitioning to a carbon neutral global economy won't be cheap, but as Dan Riskin reports, it will be easier to pay now than pay later.

CTVNews.ca
Published Sunday, October 3, 2021 

TORONTO -- By now, the environmental cost of inaction on climate change should be evident – but what about the economic cost?

In an effort to determine what various levels of climate action will mean financially, the European Central Bank recently analyzed three scenarios: political and business leaders staying the course on meeting the Paris Agreement targets, a decision to take less action now in order to save money, and nothing at all being done about climate change.

Projecting all three scenarios out 30 years and running a stress test, they found that one scenario was a clear winner when it comes to business profitability.

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CTV News Science and Technology Specialist Dan Riskin breaks it down in this week's Riskin Report.

  









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