"Should average global life expectancy (about 72 years in 2020) remain the same, then **the generation born near the middle of the 21st century would be the first to experience cumulative economic net benefit from climate-change mitigation policy**." ([Location 4341](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=4341)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[climate-change]], [[life-expectancy]], [[decarbonisation]], [[demographics]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]