This is very interesting: preliminary estimates of the costs of the 2026 heat waves in #Belgium are at or above 1% of GDP. One estimate says it will offset the entire predicted economic growth for 2026.
So, the powers that be refuse to take #climateAction because it would jeopardize "growth". Then #climateChange eats up the growth anyway.
It would be funny, except excess deaths in Belgium this summer stand at three. Thousand. People.
Well done, growth death cult.
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#degrowth
#economics
Alberto Cottica
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