EXCERPT:
KENNEDY: “If we spend $50 trillion, or however much it takes to make the United States carbon neutral by 2050, how much will it lower world temperatures?”
LITTERMAN: “Senator that depends on the rest of the world. We have to work with the rest of the world. We're in this together.”
KENNEDY: “Well, what if --”
LITTERMAN: “It's one world.”
KENNEDY: “-- what if -- what if --”
LITTERMAN: “We can't build a wall around the United States --”
KENNEDY: “-- what if -- what if -- what if”
LITTERMAN: “-- and say --”
KENNEDY: “-- what if we spend $50 trillion, Europe cooperates, most Western democracies cooperate, but India and China don't. How much will our $50 trillion lower world temperature?”
LITTERMAN: “We're in this together, senator. We have to get the world to work together.”
KENNEDY: “How much -- how much -- I understand -- I get that.”
LITTERMAN: “OK.”
KENNEDY: “How much will it lower world temperatures?”
LITTERMAN: “If China and India do not help?”
KENNEDY: “Yes.”
LITTERMAN: “I don't know.”