Tackling climate change could add $ 26tn to the global economy and create 65 million jobs by 2030 , according to a report by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate ( GCEC ) . Momentum towards economic growth is “ unprecedented ” but progress is not being made fast enough , the report ’s authors add . Renewable energy could prevent 700,000 premature deaths from air pollution , the commission found , while suggesting emission pricing of $ 60 - 80 per tonne by 2020 in larger economies . Reforming carbon subsidies could raise $ 2.8tn in government revenues , the report notes . Trump, who doubts that man-made emissions of greenhouse gases are the prime cause of climate change and wants to promote the coal industry, has said the 2015 Paris Agreement could cost 2.7 million U.S. jobs by 2025. The GCEC comprises former heads of government , business leaders and economists .
Tackling climate change could add $ 26tn to the global economy and create 65 million jobs by 2030 , according to a report by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate ( GCEC ) . Momentum towards economic growth is “ unprecedented ” but progress is not being made fast enough , the report ’s authors add . Renewable energy could prevent 700,000 premature deaths from air pollution , the commission found , while suggesting emission pricing of $ 60 - 80 per tonne by 2020 in larger economies . Reforming carbon subsidies could raise $ 2.8tn in government revenues , the report notes . The GCEC comprises former heads of government , business leaders and economists .