The true cost of stopping fossil fuels. Can we afford to? Can we afford not to?

Fossil fuels are inextricably linked to our everyday lives and it'll be impossible to phase them out in the next three decades. At least that's what the fossil fuel industry would have you believe. But new studies have looked at precisely what we DO need to do to rapidly rid ourselves of the largest historical, and current, cause of the global climate emergency.

Video Transcripts available at our website
http://www.justhaveathink.com

Help support this channels independence at
http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink

Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url

You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink

Interested in mastering and remembering the concepts that I present in my videos? Check out the FREE Dive Deeper mini-courses offered by the Center for Behavior and Climate. These mini-courses teach the main concepts in select JHAT videos and go beyond to help you learn additional scientific or conservation concepts. The courses are great for teachers to use or for individual learning.https://climatechange.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com/just-have-a-think-jhat

Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators

zentouro:
https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro

Climate Adam:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam

Kurtis Baute:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience

Levi Hildebrand:
https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH

Simon Clark:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys

Sarah Karvner:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw

ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA

Jack Harries:
https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap

Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ

Our Changing Climate :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ

Research links

International Monetary Fund report Sep 2021
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2021/09/23/Still-Not-Getting-Energy-Prices-Right-A-Global-and-Country-Update-of-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-466004

World Economic Forum Insight Report Nov 2021
https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/sustainability/assets/economic-impact-of-a-carbon-price-floor.pdf

RethinkX Fossil Fuel blog Nov 2021
https://rethinkdisruption.com/carbon-tax-fossil-fuel-bailout/

Guardian article on fossil fuel subsidies
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/06/fossil-fuel-industry-subsidies-of-11m-dollars-a-minute-imf-finds

George Monbiot - Full clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir-XjQhOyNQ

IPCC SR15 Report
https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/

https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/10/SR15_SPM_version_stand_alone_LR.pdf