Sep 30, 2022
Economist Gernot Wagner visits Google to discuss his book "Climate
Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet".
In the book, Wagner explores the likely repercussions of a hotter
planet, drawing on and expanding from works previously unavailable
to general audiences. He argues that the longer we wait to act, the
more likely an extreme event will happen. Zeroing in on the unknown
extreme risks that may yet dwarf all else, the book looks at how
economic forces that make sensible climate policies difficult to
enact, also make radical would-be fixes like geoengineering all the
more probable. What we know about climate change is alarming
enough; what we don't know about the extreme risks could be far
more dangerous. Wagner helps readers understand that we need to
think about climate change in the same way that we think about
insurance -- as a risk management problem, only here on a global
scale.
Originally published in April of 2015.
Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.