Impact of climate change policies on national economies

Lately, everyone’s been talking about climate change, and it’s led to a bunch of new rules and policies aimed at tackling its impact on our surroundings. But these policies can really shake up the economy, both good and bad. On the plus side, there’s been a surge in innovations for energy conservation, foreign investments are showing up, and businesses can save money in the long run. On the flip side, people are losing their jobs due to these changes, plus there's a hefty price tag for shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. It seems like the rules are way tougher in developed nations compared to those still developing. So, looking at the economic angle, do the benefits really outweigh the downsides?

This is not true. Climate change resolution or policies made because of climate change can only lead to creation of jobs. It is possible that where you read it from, you read that climate change can cause loss of job because of how it makes the environment (world) to be hostile to lives.

Those policies created a lot of jobs in opinion forming ONGs. No one can change the climate, well exception is full out nuclear war. Adaptation is a must, who's prepared for higher temps?  I.e. strengthen his/her cell structure for better immun system responses and such?

I am gonna be honest, I would say that I have observed that it is the other way around. Economic policies usually are the ones that affect climate change. It worsens the situation of our earth. Because of businesses and capitalism, there are processes that are economically advantageous but done excessively then it creates bad effects to our environment. That is why innovation and climate change are closely related. Too much innovation usually leads to worsen climate change.

On long run the impacts are more positive, while on short run they are more negative. That is why changes are made progressively, and not at once. I believe there is so much pessimism around climate change resolutions, due to the lobbies and groups of power who lose profit with such changes. They don't want to lose, so they launch a lot of misinformation and negative propaganda around renewable sources of energy, for an example. On the other hand, they are right about one point: the fact there are also many individuals who take advantage of climate changes to raise public expenses with jobs which shouldn't even exist at first point. That is done by politicians who want to create lobbies to feed their partners and supporters. A clear example of that are the NGOs. Many of them are useless and just used as a mean to milk public funds from taxpayers.

I believe if the world can completely move from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy those involved in that industry will have limitations in availability of jobs for them but yet again it creates new job available for those in the renewable energy field. It goes down to the blue collar workers because if cars start running on renewable sources mechanics only familiar with car running on petroleum products will be out of jobs or have to make a leap to the other side.

The switch to green energy would lead to the end of the exploration of crude and other raw materials. This will make many people in that sector to lose their jobs. But the green energy sector also has the capacity to create jobs. So jobs might be lost and also created. The effect of these unfriendly industrial activities on the environment is global warming. This has led to natural disasters such as wildfires, flooding and so on. These environmental disaster destroys businesses and cause loss of jobs. So you are right that climate change is causing loss of jobs.

You are not either nor is op wrong ! you both have or see it from different perspectives and those perspectives are very valid, it will create jobs when renewable energy companies come in, since they will need labourers in such facilities then job is created. In the tradition fossil fuel industry once they are removed a whole lot of individuals will loss their jobs too since they also require labour. So you both are right.

Maybe we'll have better discussions if we actually cited any research analysing how climate change affects a country's economy. In theory, anything can happen, but practical applications need more than just logical conclusions to work properly. It's hard to argue whether people will embrace new technology if it means they no longer have their jobs, and so on. Pretty easy to say they should look for the future when you're not actually poor. I've seen some people lament the fact that their old jobs disappear because people no longer need them, but they're too old to learn something new while having the responsibility to feed their kids.

And what will be gained? I can tell you: nothing will change. The effects of industrial gases still raise thru the atmosphere. Nothing can save you from the consequences but you being prepared.

I'll say negative effects are balanced by these positive effects so we kind of are neutral about these climate change resolutions. We do have greater positive side here as there also are carbon taxes imposed now along with green jobs which will improve the economy somehow. Few industries have really be affected by these resolutions like energy, agricultural or manufacturing and some really had to face major consequences to adapt or modify their complete working according to the new policies. They already spent millions making these changes but again, that did create job opportunities for a number of people so this was seen on a positive note. I wonder how much has this affected bitcoin miners? Even they might want to shift from conventional methods to renewable methods and this might have cost a heavy upfront investments which will dent their profits eventually.