Is climate change a real threat to the global economy

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Consider the potential future of the energy economy on a global scale. Describe the future path of the economics of oil, gas and energy as you see it, by addressing the following points:

1. Is climate change a real threat to the global economy? If so, what can realistically be done?

2. Is "peak oil" a real threat to the global economy?

3. Can countries increase their "energy security"? If so, how?

4. Will developing economies be winners or losers in the new global energy economy?

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