Graciela Chichilnisky Quotes


As difficult as it is to eliminate the risk of nuclear warfare, it requires fewer changes to the global economy than does averting or reversing climate change.


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Chichilnisky, Graciela, and Peter Tickell. Reversing Climate Change. World Scientific, 2020.

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There had been so much nuclear activity—military and civilian—that he thought it inevitable, either by intention or accident, that there would be some catastrophes. Chernobyl and the crash of a nuclear bomb equipped plane in Spain destroyed the two areas for years thereafter proved him prescient but fortunately none of the “incidents” were bad enough to affect millions of people significantly although the damage of Chernobyl is still being discovered.


Graciela Chichilnisky
Graciela Chichilnisky
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Graciela Chichilnisky (born 1944) is an Argentine American mathematical economist. She is a professor of economics at Columbia University and has expertise in climate change. She is also co-founder and current CEO of the company Global Thermostat.