How Will The Climate Crisis Affect The U.S. Economy | The Bottom Line

As the climate crisis continues to pose a global threat, top economists are debating its effects on the U.S. economy. In this episode of “The Bottom Line”, see how renowned economists like Jeffrey Sachs and Mark Zandi forecast the economic impact.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Urgency of action
2:27 Economic implications
4:02 Role of businesses and government

Produced and Edited by: Mark Licea, Jack Hillyer
Lead Producer: Juhohn Lee
Supervising Producer: Lindsey Jacobson
Graphics by: Jason Reginato
Additional Footage: Getty Images

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How Will The Climate Crisis Affect The U.S. Economy | The Bottom Line

[mrobinson]

Lots of talk aa usual, No framework, No feasible or tenable plans, No great ideas or innovation…just pious & sanctimonious talk!

[brandonhamilton]

So smaller( poorer) countries should not be able to industrialize and become rich so their citizens can live a rich life too?

[Tential]

Climate change is important, not important enough for me to stop flying my private jet. But important enough that you need to give up your car.... Lol...

[ronm]

Save the earth? Ha! It’s all about power and politics

[prem]

I am baffled by the fact that anyone can pollute the air that we breathe legally and that too without any financial cost to them.

[djayjp]

Super vague. Give quantifiable statistical information, charts, graphs, maps, timelines, projections, etc

I actually want an actual answer to the question posed in the video title. This feels lazy AF.

[RHODOAN]

If the economy is all you're worried about, then you really need to pull your head out the sand. Our very survival is at risk with a runaway greenhouse effect and the sixth great extinction in full swing. The biosphere we depend on is ever more rapidly being torn apart as we do nothing to mitigate the effects of these changes and even less to try to stop them.

[Hanharrftw]

stop the wars, invest in the country. A ton can happen if we cut Military spending.

[ericcomp]

We're riding this until the wheels fall off 🇺🇸 🌎

[Hao-Japanese-reallife]

It seems like we're entering the second year of El Niño, and it's supposed to be hotter than last year. I don't like it at all.

[jonathonhappel]

During the Medieval Warm Period it was actually warmer that it is now. Climate always changes. Extreme weather has always occurred throughout history. Stop the alarmism.

[glichjthebicycle]

What is absolutely always missing in these "climate videos" is the clear cut outlook on the future of our economies in relation to the policy decisions actually REQUIRED to fight climate change. Fighting climate change will not make everyone richer. There isn't some great hidden potential in terms of productivity increase that unlocks as soon as we start using green energy.
We KNOW this because if there was then the free market wouldve already gone for that.

People need to realise that fighting climate change will not be comfortable. Theres exactly two ways that we can fight climate change:
1. Use more efficient and "climate friendly" technology, which in either way costs money to develope and deploy.
2. Lower living standards for everyone and keeping poor countries poor because rich people use more resources. Obviously this way is extremely unpopular which is why politicans wont talk about it.
The final policies will be somewhere in the middle.

But no matter what we do: Climate Change is first and foremost a tax that absolutely everybody pays on absolutely everything. That money will go towards actually fighting climate change. It doesn't grow on trees. It's not going to be fun. It's not going to be popular. But it's the reality of things. So lets stop with this nonsense that climate change is some great opportunity that holds some sort of wonder miracle growth potential inside. Be honest with the people.

[mehmetkaya]

Ban the private jet ? but you can't afford it for rich layer.

[gamertimefriend]

"Wind and solar"...and nuclear holy moly

[jamespark]

Just a bunch of email fowarding, hands off working, over paid people just talking talking talking talking as can jump on a call on the news and say 'global warming is a problem and something should be done about it, but not my job'

[vsznry]

WorkDay: PLZ update your job application process... WHY do we need to enter our previous work history EVERY time when you have our uploaded resume? What....HR/recruiters can't read?

[Tony-kqpy]

By volume, the dry air in Earth's atmosphere is about 78.08 percent nitrogen, 20.95 percent oxygen, and 0.93 percent argon, adding up to 99.96 percent. A brew of trace gases accounts for the other approximately 0.04 percent, including the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone. To think that a small increase (200 parts per million in the last hundred years) of carbon dioxide would affect the weather is absurd.

[introvertsrock]

Need to look back at 2020 when ppl were allowed to WFH which meant fewer 🚗 on road
Corporations need to bring this back

[misterfunnybones]

Nothing will happen until potable water & food are in very limited supply. The simple things that people take for granted that are the foundation of life.

[marklasky]

How? Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring that's how