“Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”
The risk if you're wrong: conflicts over shrinking arable land, resources, and climate refugees fleeing disasters could escalate into a world-ending war. Or regional wars that completely erase all that economic development.
The risk if climate scientists are wrong: we make a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world for nothing.
If climate science was right and we still allowed carbon to burn, yes the world would heat but if we used our minds I'm sure we could solve a lot of the challenges as they appear.