CRISIS QUIZ

Question 1 of 6

Which is cheaper, preventing climate breakdown, or dealing with its consequences?

preventing it

dealing with it

costs are about the same

That’s right. It will be much cheaper to prevent climate breakdown than to deal with its consequences.

Actually, it will be much cheaper to prevent climate breakdown than to deal with its consequences.

According to Deloitte, inaction on climate change could cost the global economy US $178 trillion over the next 50 years but rapidly accelerating the transition to net-zero could see a gain of $43 trillion.

According to the global Deloitte Center for Sustainable Progress (DCSP) if climate change is unchecked it could cost the global economy $178 trillion over the next 50 years. By contrast, the global economy could gain US$43 trillion over the next five decades by rapidly accelerating the transition to net-zero.