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The Harsh Economics of Climate Change

Global warming is something that threatens to impact us all both in terms of social issues with the loss of natural marvels like the great barrier reef but also economically. Which isn’t really fair, for the most part most humans aren’t actually contributing that heavily to climate change, you dear viewer sitting behind a computer or a phone screen may be one of the larger contributors just by virtue of being a wealthier more consumptive human, but a vast majority of the worlds population lives very simple lives, and almost ironically these less wealthy world citizens are likely to be the ones most heavily impacted by the potential side effects of climate change.

In this video we will explore the economic impacts of climate change both in terms of its potential consequences and the feasibility of the solutions.

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Elon Musk’s Unbelievably Simple 12-minute Killer Break Down on Climate Change

Elon Musk breaks down climate change for students at The Sorbonne in Paris (France’s Harvard) right before the historic COP21 climate change conference in which all nations signed the now historic Paris Agreement in 2015 to reduce carbon emissions below 2C, and preferably under 1.5C.

This channel believes that this is one of the best basic explanations on climate change ever given in a short amount of time. Enjoy!

English subtitles provided for non-native English speakers.

Thanks to Elon Musk and his passion for helping humanity to transition to a 100% clean renewable energy economy!

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