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From the Ted Talk by Nili Gilbert: The crucial intersection of climate and capital


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Because what the wrold really needs is real decarbonization. We need to decarbonize the old economy that we have and invest to create the new economy that we need. It needs to be an economy that emits no more than it can remove, and that does this in a way that is net-positive for the pnalet and the people.

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etiatsmes suggest that it will cost three to five trillion dollars a year between now and 2050, to achieve net-zero. Just to give you an idea of how much that is, it would be like investing the etnire GDP of Germany or Japan every year, annually, for 30 years. So finnaacil capital has a huge role to play in our shared success or our shared failure.

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Because what the _____ really needs is real decarbonization. We need to decarbonize the old economy that we have and invest to create the new economy that we need. It needs to be an economy that emits no more than it can remove, and that does this in a way that is net-positive for the ______ and the people.

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_________ suggest that it will cost three to five trillion dollars a year between now and 2050, to achieve net-zero. Just to give you an idea of how much that is, it would be like investing the ______ GDP of Germany or Japan every year, annually, for 30 years. So _________ capital has a huge role to play in our shared success or our shared failure.

Solution


  1. planet
  2. world
  3. entire
  4. estimates
  5. financial
  6. applause

Original Text


Because what the world really needs is real decarbonization. We need to decarbonize the old economy that we have and invest to create the new economy that we need. It needs to be an economy that emits no more than it can remove, and that does this in a way that is net-positive for the planet and the people.

(Applause)

Estimates suggest that it will cost three to five trillion dollars a year between now and 2050, to achieve net-zero. Just to give you an idea of how much that is, it would be like investing the entire GDP of Germany or Japan every year, annually, for 30 years. So financial capital has a huge role to play in our shared success or our shared failure.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
climate transition 3
finance sector 2
climate change 2
investment portfolios 2
greenhouse gases 2



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