They put their continued existence above the continued existence of their environment, attempting to remove themselves from it.
They can afford to though. The only wildcard is whether the raw level of CO2 might become so high that humans are unable to survive, including the rich ones
everything else is fine for them though, it doesn't matter if half the world becomes deserts, if 95% of the world population (poors and "middle class") dies off. They can just buy and squat indefinitely on the land in Quebec/Alaska/etc
The continued existence of a firm isn’t solely dependent on the lives of its owners, though. Climate change is arguable already hurting capital. They just don’t see all these pains as part of a single issue yet and will continue to attempt to ignore them until they absolutely can’t.
They can afford to though. The only wildcard is whether the raw level of CO2 might become so high that humans are unable to survive, including the rich ones
everything else is fine for them though, it doesn't matter if half the world becomes deserts, if 95% of the world population (poors and "middle class") dies off. They can just buy and squat indefinitely on the land in Quebec/Alaska/etc
The continued existence of a firm isn’t solely dependent on the lives of its owners, though. Climate change is arguable already hurting capital. They just don’t see all these pains as part of a single issue yet and will continue to attempt to ignore them until they absolutely can’t.