Action on Climate Change could add $26 Trillion to World Economy — Study

Ambitious action on climate change could contribute an extra $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, international experts say, urging nations and businesses to step up their engagement.

The economic benefits offered by a shift to a low-carbon economy have been “grossly” underestimated, according to the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, a think tank grouping former heads of government and top economic and business leaders.

“Bold action could yield a direct economic gain of $26 trillion through to 2030 compared with business-as-usual. And this is likely to be a conservative estimate,” the commission’s annual report found.

Dynamic action on climate could also generate “over 65 million new low-carbon jobs” by 2030 and avoid over 700,000 premature deaths due to air pollution, it said.

But policymakers were “not taking sufficiently bold action to escape the legacy economic systems,” the study found, warning that the window for change was narrow.

“We are at a unique ‘use it or lose it’ moment. Policymakers should take their foot off the brakes and send a clear signal that the new growth is here,” said the commission’s co-chair Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister.

“There are real benefits to be seen in terms of new jobs, economic savings, competitiveness and market opportunities, and improved wellbeing for people worldwide.”

Such growth would be driven by the interaction between rapid technological innovation, increased resource productivity and investment in sustainable infrastructure, which is expected to reach $90 trillion by 2030, it said.

The shift would involve a change in five key areas: the development of clean energy systems, improved urban planning, a shift towards more sustainable agriculture, smart water management, and decarbonizing industry.

Source: Inquirer.net

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1. Все правильно изложено, «Мы нуждаемся в уникальном моменте - используй или потеряй». Главная причина изменения климата - уничтожение функций природных вод человечества.
   В результате человеческой деятельности изменяются природные функции пресной воды. Вместо того, чтобы содержать биоту и проходить полный цикл преобразований, вода приходит с осадками и возвращается в атмосферу искусственными испарениями из пахотных земель, асфальта, водохранилищ, свалок. Это сокращение или короткозамкнутый цикл кругооборота воды. В общей сложности человек принимает у природы 63% обитаемой земли по данным 2015 г. Все, что требуется от воды, - это превращение в пищевые цепочки и выделение особой линии, в которой мы называем естественные или органические испарения. В связи с этим человек подвергается резким изменениям в воде. Назовем эти испарения искусственными. Все больше искусственных парков, созданных человечеством, в сушилке, в индустрии, превратившей воду в рабочий реагент. Суммарное искусственное испарение создает беспрецедентные объемы воды в ландшафтах, которые разрушают механизм атмосферных явлений, совершенствовавшихся миллионы лет. Изменились цикличность, массивность и зоны выпадения осадков.

   Тяжелые облака могут объяснить тем, что тяжелые облака не доходят до полярных и горных ледников, а не пополняют их поверхности, проливаясь по дороге.

   Борьба с эмиссией углекислого газа, освоение «зеленых» технологий. Надо обратить внимание на испарения. Только тринадцать тонн тонн были сохранены в атмосфере. А углекислого газа всего - 4 миллиарда тонн. Чтобы найти различия между органическими и искусственными испарениями. просчитать истинные объемы этих испарений, измерить географию выпадения с учетом их возможностей. И на основе этого создать новую концепцию сохранения климата. Только так можно сохранить жизнь на планете.

   Everything is correctly stated, “We are in a unique moment - use or lose” All 5 measures are relevant and necessary, but they are microscopic. The main cause of climate change is the destruction of the functions of natural water by humanity.
   As a result of human activity, the natural functions of fresh water are changing. Instead of containing biota and undergoing a full cycle of transformations, water comes with precipitation and returns to the atmosphere by artificial evaporation from arable land, asphalt, reservoirs, landfills. This reduction or short-circuited cycle of water circulation is the root essence of climate change. In total, humans have taken away from nature 63% of the inhabited land according to 2015. All wildlife from worms to elephants, which, together with plants, consumes water, transforms in food chains and exhales a special structure of moisture, especially individual pairs, which we call natural or organic. evaporation. Human intervention in the water circuit reduces the paths of food chains, and water from asphalt and other destroyed areas evaporates immediately after precipitation. Let's call this vapor artificial. Even more artificial vapors produce humanity when washing, drying, in the industry, turning water into a working reagent. The total artificial evaporation creates unprecedented amounts of water in the atmosphere, which destroy the mechanism of atmospheric phenomena, improved for millions of years. The cyclicity, massiveness and precipitation zones have changed.

   Melting of glaciers can be explained by the fact that heavy clouds do not reach the polar and mountain glaciers and do not replenish their volumes, spilling along the road.

   The fight against carbon dioxide emissions, the development of "green" technology is useful, but it is catching fleas in a herd of elephants. We must pay attention to the evaporation. Only artificial evaporation in the atmosphere of 22 trillion tons, the same, preserved, organic. A total carbon dioxide - 4 billion tons. It is urgently necessary to study the quality of fumes, to find differences between organic and artificial fumes. calculate the true volumes of these evaporations, measure the geography of precipitation, taking into account their volumes. And based on this, create a new concept of climate conservation. This is the only way to save life on the planet.