All for Earth
All for Earth
#4: Answering the trillion-dollar climate question with Marilyn Waite
20 minutes Posted Sep 18, 2019 at 6:44 pm.
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Climate change solutions aren’t free. But we know the approximate price and we have the money, according to Marilyn Waite of the Hewlett Foundation. A program officer specializing in climate and clean-energy finance, Waite, a 2006 Princeton graduate, says we need $1 trillion annually to reduce carbon emissions by 2050. The money is there and we know how to spend it — but risk aversion and a finance-as-usual mentality stand in the way.