have to get all 50 senators onboard. so i want to just go a little further, with those priorities that you ve got. and the concept of return of invested. you re calling it transformational, the way i look at it because i m a business reporter, if you put $1 into the economy, you get more than $1 back. climate change is just one of those examples. the gross cost of the 3.5 trillion dollar plan, 1.5% of u.s. gdp over the next ten years. the net cost of failing to hit the paris climate agreement benchmarks, 8.6% of additional gdp in perpetuity by the year 2100. little bits of math like that become very compelling in this discussion. that s right allie, and that is such a beautiful example of what we are calling these investments in the future. we are going to pay far more, not just in terms of dollars, but in terms of opportunity, in terms of lives love, in terms of lack of security for our country, and for the world if
the way i look at it because i m a business reporter if you put a dollar in the economy, you get more than a dollar back. climate change is just one of those examples, right? the gross cost of the $3.5 trillion plan, 1.5% of the u.s. gdp over the next ten years, the net cost of failing to hit the paris climate agreement benchmarks, 8.6% of u.s. gdp in perpetuity until the year 2100. little bits of math like that become compelling in this discussion. that s right, ali. and that is such a beautiful example of what we re calling these investments in the future. we are going to pay far more not just in terms of dollars but in term of opportunity, in terms of lives lost, in terms of, you know, lack of security for our country and for the world if we do not take on climate change in reality. now, the president is going to go to c.o.p. 26 in just a couple weeks, and he is needs to be able to say that the united states is going to lead on the
transformational investment. the way i look at it is if you put a dollar into the economy, you get more than a dollar back. climate change is just one of those examples, right? the gross cost of the $3.5 trillion plan, 1.5% of the u.s. gdp over the next ten years, the net cost of failing to hit the paris climate agreement benchmarks, 8.6% of u.s. gdp in perpetuity until the year 2100. little bits of math like that become compelling in this discussion. that s right, ali. and that is such a beautiful example of what we re calling these investments in the future. we are going to pay far more not just in terms of dollars but in term of opportunity, in terms of lives lost, in terms of, you know, lack of security for our country and for the world if we do not take on climate change in reality. now, the president is going to go to c.o.p. 26 in just a couple weeks, and he is needs to be able to say that the united states is going to lead on the