Flawed Economic Models on Global Warming Risks

22Michelle · 2026-02-05T06:22:57-05:00

Economy - Flawed Economic Models on Global Warming Risks... (20 replies).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/flawed-economic-models-mean-climate-crisis-could-crash-global-economy-experts-warn

Interesting article regarding how the economic risks of Global Warming are being assessed. Note this is not saying the physical risks are increasing, it is that the economic impact of a consequences event are not being properly analysed. It is the classic high risk / low consequences versus low risk / high consequences event. Whether you think a high consequence event is likely to happen that Government's, Bank's, etc are failing to examine those consequences is extremely concerning.

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Northwest · M

Public pressure, or lack thereof is the real issue. Man-made irreversible weather change is presented in terms of hard deadlines/dates, allows the Trumps of the world to push their warped agendas.

"drill baby drill" becomes a battle cry, when Gore's doom and gloom runs hard into snow storms in the South.

Not sure how to present the urgency in terms morns might respond to, but not sure even that could work. For Trump, if crops fail in parts of the US, he will simply invade another country, and strip it for resources, and MAGA will throw a parade for him.

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@Northwest Given the predictions of Global Warming the consequences will be far worse in the third world, so those "other countries" are likely to be far worse. The major impact for first world countries like the USA will be immigration on a scale you can't imagine, and that you don't have the resources to stop.