Repaint the future - Advance Review Copy

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Profit for profit

Profit for life

pendent) guarantees profit for life69. True Sustainians know that if we don’t proactively choose to invest in life, and mitigate as many dangers as we can right now, we’ll end up in a situation of reaction and defense. We’ll be forced to adapt to something catastrophic we could have avoided. The costs of not investing in life are too great. One estimate for instance, found that not acting on climate change could cost the global community a staggering $44 trillion by the time we get to 206070. $44,000,000,000,000 in $1bills stacked on top of each other would make a tower 3,472,222.16 miles high, or wrap around the Earth 139 times. Just think about that for a moment. It doesn’t bear thinking about! Sadly, today there are too few policy in(156)


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