$5.3 billion – sum that one pension fund, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, could have made by divesting from fossil fuels 3 years ago
$10 billion – value of pre-orders for Tesla Model 3 (as of 3 April)
$37 billion – fines paid by 4 banks for “serious misconduct” during the financial crisis
$321 billion – total oil and gas industry capex in 2015 (down 36% on 2015)
$329 billion – total investment in clean energy in 2015 (up from 5% on 2015)
$353 billion – total debt of oil and gas companies drilling US shale (as of 11 Jan)
$1 trillion – minimum estimate for annual global corrupt payments by companies and individuals to public officials
$1.3 trillion – Oil-industry planned capital expenditure by 2025 under threat of wastage above $95 oil price
$2 trillion – Saudi plan for a post oil era investment fund
$3 trillion – total oil-and-gas industry debt mountain
$21 to 32 trillion – hidden from tax offshore by the world’s wealthy
$50 trillion – China’s plan for a renewables-only global grid by 2050
$69 trillion – total value of all shares on world’s stock markets (2014)
$73 trillion – global GDP (2015)
$100 trillion – A university estimate for global renewable energy supply by 2050 (Jacobson & Delucchi)
$190 trillion – A bank estimate for global low carbon energy supply, by 2040 (Citi)
….saving tens of trillions a year by 2040 in avoided climate damage costs
$192 trillion – Estimate for business as usual energy supply, by 2040 (Citi)
….causing tens of trillions a year by 2040 in climate damage costs
$1,200 trillion – global derivatives market (the amount of debt to which derivatives apply)
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