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How Climate Shocks Could Break the Economy | Edmond Rhys Jones | TED

Climate change isn’t just reshaping our planet — it’s also shaking the very foundations of the economy, says sustainability expert Edmond Rhys Jones. He explores the massive gap between what science tells us about the climate crisis and how the economy measures its impact, advocating for economists to borrow tools from science (like simulations and…

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Climate change isn’t just reshaping our planet — it’s also shaking the very foundations of the economy, says sustainability expert Edmond Rhys Jones. He explores the massive gap between what science tells us about the climate crisis and how the economy measures its impact, advocating for economists to borrow tools from science (like simulations and digital twins) to prepare for the turbulence ahead. (Recorded at TED@BCG on October 23, 2025)

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38 Comments

  1. @Bajosisi

    December 8, 2025 at 11:02 am

    First

  2. @アメリカ芋

    December 8, 2025 at 11:03 am

    Second

  3. @francesbernard2445

    December 8, 2025 at 11:03 am

    Only a reminder to keep on recycling while not buying anything unless I really need it because I cannot do anything else about it right now.

  4. @joshuatall8134

    December 8, 2025 at 11:15 am

    Yeah…let’s give insurance companies more money so that they can deny more claims.

    • @BrentonSmythesfieldsaye

      December 8, 2025 at 7:26 pm

      The profit and processing of claims within the insurance sector is a peripheral discussion. Remaining in context with this video content, it would be foolish to deny that the insurance sector have the greatest expertise in risk management, they understand fully what the future holds better than most. Risk IS their business!

  5. @-veritas-

    December 8, 2025 at 11:21 am

    Mega-corporations profiting off climate change alarmism will break the economy. Politicians pretending to care about environment by pushing to replace fossil-fuel cares with electric cars all the while owning shares in lithium and cobalt mines will also break the economy.

    Climate change has been turned into a multi-billion dollar industry where the responsibility has been placed on the individual citizen while politicians, policymakers, lobbyists, and mega-corporations do what they want with impunity.

    AI data centres require enormous amounts of power and water, yet I have to use a f$cking paper straw…….

    • @GooogleGoglee

      December 8, 2025 at 12:08 pm

      I personally would completely abolish straws, period.

  6. @TheWorldRealist

    December 8, 2025 at 11:23 am

    And the Trump regime days climate risk is a hoax. 25% of the world economy or more.

  7. @tmm226

    December 8, 2025 at 11:24 am

    I’ve yet to see anything affect the American economy in a negative way..

    • @ExistentialWolf

      December 8, 2025 at 12:21 pm

      😉🤏”affect” 😁

    • @tmm226

      December 8, 2025 at 12:37 pm

      ​@ExistentialWolfIve never got that right!

  8. @TheWorldRealist

    December 8, 2025 at 11:25 am

    Yep you guys are everywhere. I am moving to a parallel universe cos it’s safer there

  9. @jonathandock8416

    December 8, 2025 at 11:28 am

    How our economy breaks the climate you wanted to say ? 🤨

    • @vampyrkiller

      December 8, 2025 at 2:21 pm

      Vice versa too

  10. @Jasonxbr

    December 8, 2025 at 11:29 am

    Short answer yes and long term the answer is yes. Greed and corruption will doom humanity and all life on this planet 😢😢😢😢😢

  11. @RayRay69632

    December 8, 2025 at 11:48 am

    It was already broken now criminality is passing itself off as some weird brand of normal.
    If we had an open market place crude oil could be priced out of business by agriculturally grown competition.
    If we were allowed to grow high yeilding hemp plants it wouldn’t even be a competition.

  12. @ExistentialWolf

    December 8, 2025 at 12:29 pm

    We could solve both the climate bother and the money bin envy, but it’s more about satisfaction. There is even a simple set of mathematical equations called _min & max_ that can talk to you through your phone, so you can share easily with your friends. There-in, lies the rub. Who don’t you want to be friends with ??. most people tuned out and said: “yah, fine, you’re right.” The cripple are contracting new pills 😀 👉😲👉

  13. @lichen2908

    December 8, 2025 at 12:36 pm

    A direct counter-argument to Bill Gates, who published a memo ahead of COP30 and called for deprioritizing emission targets.

  14. @urbanstrencan

    December 8, 2025 at 1:06 pm

    Great talk, economy is more and more impacted by climate change

  15. @ameriCAN_Dude

    December 8, 2025 at 1:57 pm

    Climate change is a Democrat thing you guys have been proven wrong year after year and you sit here and spew this crap over and over

    • @tekaz84

      December 8, 2025 at 2:10 pm

      What a braindead take. LMAO

    • @BrentonSmythesfieldsaye

      December 8, 2025 at 7:31 pm

      It is entirely ironic that you comment so confidently within your own ignorance! You obviously know exactly zero about the actual topic of AGW and obviously have no idea how to determine fact from fiction.

      That is probably an even greater problem right there………..that people such as youself are part of the problem!

    • @BrentonSmythesfieldsaye

      December 8, 2025 at 7:37 pm

      “Climate change is a Democrat thing” – I can’t stop laughing at this statement! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      There is an intellectual price you pay in the eyes of others, when they see you making such absurd assertions. Climate change doesn’t care about your all consuming silly partisan political obessions!

  16. @PlasticBank

    December 8, 2025 at 2:45 pm

    We say climate action is costly, but isn’t inaction already costing us more! 😳

  17. @bartroberts1514

    December 8, 2025 at 3:12 pm

    The good news: you don’t have to spend $Trillions. Businesses, Institutions, Governments (BIG) just have to phaseout fossil extracts at the rate of attrition, as reflected by the rate of depreciation. Zero cost to them; in fact, net gains there because the incumbent is always more expensive to repair, maintain, and increase than nimbler renewables. Zero cost to consumers under Hotelling’s Rule and Wright’s Law: consumables keep going up in price; renewables keep dropping in price. Zero cost to investors, except the ones left holding fossil hot potatoes.

  18. @pirovich

    December 8, 2025 at 4:20 pm

    Climate change is already at our doorstep. The question is whether we will reopen the doors for global changes – revising standards and setting new regulations in urban cores to truly streamline the path toward a zero-carbon footprint. Achieving this goal is possible if all elements align with the plan. However, any deviation from strategies aimed at zero emissions will exacerbate climate change, driving temperatures even higher – a challenge that is already difficult to mitigate and stabilize.

  19. @simonpannett8810

    December 8, 2025 at 4:44 pm

    only 3 numbers to remember; measured weight of land animals- Humans 30% Animals kept by Humans for Food 66% Wild (non human organised) animals 4%!! So your diet really does matter if you want any wildlife!!

  20. @jdtransformation

    December 8, 2025 at 8:14 pm

    I’m a CEO/Founder of a (next-gen) renewable energy startup. When I started I was naive to think that it was all about “transformative technology” – now, 15yrs later, I clearly what’s needed (in my industries) is “transformative economics”… that are fueled by better tech. When talking to ‘financial folks’ and ‘conservative folks’ – who perhaps care less about disruptions in peoples’ lives, I find that talking about these global financial payoffs (in GDP savings) of CleanTech often moves the conversation forward. Unfortunately, I find this speaker (who I thought was fantastic) is absolutely right: There’s not enough discussion about this side of the conversation, *and* the analyses is often incomplete. Given the majority mindset around money, I think this line of work he discusses is SO important – and so missing. I hope he has luck spreading the convo; and that other experts join him.

  21. @Nesa-g3z

    December 8, 2025 at 10:35 pm

    سلام ممکنه زیر نویس فارسی را هم اضافه کنید به همه ی ویدیوهای تان با تشکر از اولین ویدیوی تان تا الان با تشکر

  22. @geek4you

    December 8, 2025 at 11:55 pm

    В эпоху ИИ майнинга нейросетей нет экологии. Дата-центры растут в геометрической прогрессии. Потребление воды и электричества превосходят прошлые годы в 2-3 раза. Через 5 лет загубят экологию и улетят на другие планеты богачи, а мы останемся с 8 миллиардами доживать на убитой матушке Земле😁

  23. @abhilash2417

    December 9, 2025 at 2:44 am

    you’re telling this to Arabs sitting front line is useless for you and your people…!

  24. @kevinmacpherson1342

    December 9, 2025 at 5:34 am

    What’s more important is how these climate change fear mongers break the economy & push inept governments to only make the situation far worse!!

  25. @MvdV-g1o

    December 9, 2025 at 11:24 am

    I’m 53.

    I’m expecting societal collapse in 100 years. Animal depopulation has been steady and pretty much consistent over the last two decades. There are countries running out of fresh water. We’re trying to electrify everything while all forms of electrical production are bad for the environment in one way or another. The Oceans are getting warmer and the sea levels are rising, pretty much putting at least 50% of global ports at risk.

    The total cost is going to be in the trillions and our political parties cannot agree on even the simplest things. They’ll keep kicking the can down the road until the Ocean floods the Capitol Building.

    I just hope to be dead before things really get out of hand.

  26. @Brownshabsfan

    December 9, 2025 at 7:38 pm

    The climate has always and will always be changing!

  27. @gtbouch

    December 9, 2025 at 7:57 pm

    The solution is simple but nearly impossible: reign in the GREED! Once the planet is uninhabitable there will be no economics.

  28. @nathanngumi8467

    December 10, 2025 at 4:32 am

    Indeed!

  29. @SleepySleepiestMan

    December 10, 2025 at 6:10 pm

    9:33

  30. @WayinVideo-DeepQA

    December 10, 2025 at 8:20 pm

    Climate change isn’t just an environmental issue—it’s a looming economic crisis that will touch nearly every part of our lives. If we keep ignoring the gap between climate science and the way economic risk is modeled, we’re building a financial system that may not be prepared for what’s coming.

    What if, instead of focusing mainly on adaptation, we proactively redesigned our economic structures to put sustainability at the center? Could that be the difference between merely enduring climate disruption and actually building a more resilient, thriving future?

    It feels like the moment to rethink the default approach—because the cost of inaction is likely to far exceed the investment required to build a safer, more durable system.

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