This assumes that climate change problems are local (in fairness, maybe the parent comment just happens to be focusing on those particular issues), but it may well create global economic and security crises, including wars.
Other than concern for the welfare of billions of people, who will buy your products? How will technology, education, and economic development spread in the developing world or even in the wealthy ones, when so many resources are spent on surviving climate change? Look what a blow the Great Recession and a couple of minor wars was to so many people; this would be much worse.
Other than concern for the welfare of billions of people, who will buy your products? How will technology, education, and economic development spread in the developing world or even in the wealthy ones, when so many resources are spent on surviving climate change? Look what a blow the Great Recession and a couple of minor wars was to so many people; this would be much worse.