Investing in resilience is a great deal for people and the climate | Kari Nadeau | TEDxBoston

They say money doesn't grow on trees... but it turns out that research shows for every dollar spent on planting trees, cities get at least 5 dollars back in savings from emergency health costs. Investing a dollar in resilient building materials yields more than tenfold in savings preventing damages from wildfire.

If the green solutions of the future seem too costly, it's because we haven't been factoring in the cost/benefit analysis of inaction. This is the foresight and calculation needed to navigate a future where trillions of dollars of damage is being created by climate change and natural disaster.

There is hope here. Investments in climate resilience pay dividends. Kari Nadeau shares four areas where the right thing to do for ourselves and the planet, also happens to be a great deal.
Kari Nadeau is the Chair of the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health and John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies. She practices Allergy, Asthma, Immunology in children and adults. She has published over 400+ papers, many in the field of climate change and health. Dr. Nadeau, with a team of individuals and patients and families, has been able to help major progress and impact in the clinical fields of immunology, infection, asthma and allergy. Dr. Nadeau is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the U.S. EPA Children’s Health Protection Committee.

For more than 30 years, she has devoted herself to understanding how environmental and genetic factors affect the risk of developing allergies and asthma, especially wildfire-induced air pollution. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx