"I don't know what will actually happen. I can't forecast those things," he says. "The chance of destroying the world is low, very low." But nuclear terrorism and nuclear warfare are far more dangerous than climate change or pandemics. And there's still the possibility of extremely severe pandemics that lie ahead.
Economist Robert Pindyck of MIT talks about his book, Climate Future, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Pindyck lays out what we know and do not know about climate change. He argues that because of the nature of greenhouse gases, adaptation must be part of the policy response to climate change.