Climate Change - What Would You Do?

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CNN's John Defterios asks the cszar of climate change what his plan would be if he was in charge. He suggests a carbon tax, adaptation and other ways to reduce emissions. But there is no say world CSar so we'll have to imagine it for ourselves.

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.