Climate change will deepen rich-poor global divide, top economists warn

They must be real geniuses to have figured this one out.

"There seems to be extremely high concern about the risks of climate change,"

Unfortunately this concern is still not reflected in government policy. Most western countries are still focused on getting their populations out shopping and flying around the post pandemic globe rather than creating green economies.

Climate change has very little to do with rich people wanting more money, greed and a deranged sence of self worth, justified by gaining more wealth at the cost of everyone else. When their houses slip into the sea then we will see the trickle down effect as they ask me for a tent, I have a blue plastic sheet and a box of tissues.

Not disagreeing with the spirit of this article, but once again the figures seem somehow distorted. The end justifies the means?

For example. Paragraph one says "9 out of 10 of the climate economists" who responded, but later in the same article it says: "In the survey, 70% of respondents also anticipated that climate change would increase inequality within countries, widening the gap between the poorest and richest thirds of national populations."

So which is it, 90% or 70%?

https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/who-is-at-risk/disparities

American lung association pretty solid source.

So which is it, 90% or 70%?

The 90% refers to inequality between countries. The 70% figure refers to inequality within countries.

Here is Gary's prediction.

An exploding population in many non- OECD countries ( a polite term of phrase) will deepen the rich-poor global divide.

An exploding population in many non- OECD countries ( a polite term of phrase) will deepen the rich-poor global divide

Your information is old. Total fertility rates are falling all across the globe, in developed and undeveloped nations alike. Declining populations will stress the economies of the most developed nations except for the handful who welcome immigrants and can therefore maintain their populations. There is probably only another generation of population increase ahead of us before global populations begin to decline. This is already happening in many OECD members to use your "polite" term.

An exploding population in many non- OECD countries ( a polite term of phrase) will deepen the rich-poor global divide.

True, exploding global population is the root cause. But it's not just OECD. My country, Canada, had a population of around 20 million when I was a kid. It's now 38 million and its moron policymakers have set a target of 50 million. it should be noted that Canadians are the world's biggest per-capita producers of co2 in the world. So there are no grounds for optimism, barring a radical overhaul of government priorities.

There is no way to effectively fight this problem, thanks to such attitudes among our leaders and others in power.

There is probably only another generation of population increase ahead of us before global populations begin to decline

Perspective is needed. For 99% of the history of human civilization, the global population was under a billion. In a geological nanosecond, it shot up from 1 billion in 1800 to 7,8 billion today. The graph of global carbon output is exactly the same as the graph of world population growth.