Here in the Northeast we enjoy warm summers and (relatively) low fuel prices, but what is the REAL impact of climate change on Americans? John Reilly, MIT economist and co-director of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, discussed the short-term, long-lived, local, and global effects of our everyday environmental and economic decisions.

Soap Box is an interactive series in which participants of all backgrounds converse with top MIT scientists or engineers in an informal cafe-style setting at the MIT Museum. Begun in 2005, Soap Box is the premier public forum for discussing new technological and scientific developments at MIT.

Watch the video of the event.