Too Few Problems To Care About Climate Change?

With the markets on a historic bull run, it’s easy to kick back and enjoy the spoils. But at what cost to our planet?

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The S&P500 has returned 48% over the last two years and is expected to return close to 20% in 2025. With bank accounts full, Americans are enjoying a post-COVID life financed by this historic bull run. In my previous article, Too Many Other Problems to Care About Climate Change, I explored how hardship prevented people from caring about climate change. Now, with climate change reaching record levels, I must explore how being too comfortable affects the lack of initiative to curb climate change. So, how do we generate climate action?

Sources: NOAA and S&P

Food Security vs Food Insecurity

Over 40 million Americans suffer from food insecurity. This number has since grown to 47.4 million. Meanwhile, the number of Obese and Extremely Obese people has increased dramatically with three-quarters of American adults being overweight or obese (Source: ). Interestingly, the rise in the S&P Index and the increase in obesity over the last 30 years appear to…