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Capitalism can’t solve a climate crisis in a collapsed world, says UN’s Inger Andersen

Capitalism Can’t Solve a Climate Crisis in a Collapsed World, Says UN’s Inger Andersen | GZERO World

Will the free market still work in a future world ravaged by wildfires, droughts, floods, and mass movements of climate refugees? "We cannot have capitalism in a collapsed world," says UN Environment Programme head Inger Andersen, who predicts COVID's disruption on the economy is a mere prelude of the damage climate change will do to coastlines, food systems, water, and infrastructure in general. Watch her interview with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Watch this episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: Surviving a warming planet

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