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Climate Change’s Economic Threat: Act Now!

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The belief that climate change will have minimal economic impact is dangerous. It’s like thinking a small crack in a dam won’t lead to a flood. At 10°C warming, regions like Florida will be underwater. Imagine your home being swallowed by the ocean. That’s not just a distant possibility; it’s a looming reality. We must take drastic action now to mitigate these effects. Ignoring this is like watching a forest fire spread while holding a garden hose. The belief that climate change is a minor issue is absurd. Mainstream economists often downplay the severity of climate impacts. They predict trivial GDP losses, as if a 1.4% drop is inconsequential. But when you consider the real-world implications, it’s a different story. A 1.4% GDP loss could mean millions struggling to

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The belief that climate change will have minimal economic impact is dangerous.



It’s like thinking a small crack in a dam won’t lead to a flood.



At 10°C warming, regions like Florida will be underwater.



Imagine your home being swallowed by the ocean.



That’s not just a distant possibility; it’s a looming reality.



We must take drastic action now to mitigate these effects.



Ignoring this is like watching a forest fire spread while holding a garden hose.



The belief that climate change is a minor issue is absurd.



Mainstream economists often downplay the severity of climate impacts.



They predict trivial GDP losses, as if a 1.4% drop is inconsequential.



But when you consider the real-world implications, it’s a different story.



A 1.4% GDP loss could mean millions struggling to make ends meet.



It’s not just numbers on a spreadsheet; it’s people’s lives.



The economy is intertwined with our environment.



When the environment suffers, so does the economy.



We can’t afford to treat climate change as a mere statistic.



The reality is that climate change will reshape our world.



Regions will become uninhabitable.



Food systems will collapse.



The economic fallout will be catastrophic.



We need to act decisively.



The time for half-measures is over.



We must embrace sustainable practices and invest in renewable energy.



Because if we don’t, the cost will be far greater than we can imagine.



The future of our economy—and our planet—depends on it.



Let’s not wait for the flood to arrive.



Let’s build the dam before it’s too late.
Steve Keen
Steve Keen (born 28 March 1953) is an Australian-born, British-based economist and author. He considers himself a post-Keynesian, criticising neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported. The major influences on Keen's thinking about economics include John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx, Hyman Minsky, Piero Sraffa, Augusto Graziani, Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Thorstein Veblen, and François Quesnay.

2 comments

  1. @adenwellsmith6908

    So where are the graphs of natural change and the graphs of man made change?
    If you can't produce the graphs, its all faked.

  2. @davidwilkie9551

    First stop the drastically disastrous action that results in polluting and dirty looting profits reinvested via Dark Money.

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