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Is Climate Change Our Biggest Problem?
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About This Video
Is man-made climate change our biggest problem? Are the wildfires, droughts and hurricanes we see on the news an omen of even worse things to come? The United Nations and many political leaders think so and want to spend trillions of tax dollars to reverse the warming trend. Are they right? Will the enormous cost justify the gain? Economist Bjorn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, explains the key issues and reaches some sobering conclusions.
Standards Met in Ohio
- 7.E.19Grades 7thIndividuals, governments and businesses must analyze costs and benefits when making economic decisions. A cost-benefit analysis consists of determining the potential costs and benefits of an action and then balancing the costs against the benefits.
- EFL.9-12.13.lp.fGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify a want.
- SS.7.19.lp.bGrades 7thIdentify a cost-benefit analysis as an example of a decision-making process.
- WG.9-12.6.bGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thMatch a renewable and nonrenewable resource with its cost or benefit.