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.

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