# Environmental Problems Get Harder to Solve With Time by Jared Diamond > “Environmental problems are relatively cheap and easy to solve if you catch them in an early stage, but at a late stage, they are horrendously expensive or impossible to solve.” > **— Jared Diamond**, *Jared Diamond on the State of the World Environment, Scientific American edited address transcript, 2007* ## Sources and Context - **Original publication:** [Jared Diamond on the State of the World Environment](https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/21d9d2c4-e7f2-99df-3e7fe44d9b7d0a77/) — Scientific American edited address transcript, 2007; Diamond's 2007 claim in an edited transcript of his Conservation International address. - **Exact original wording:** “Environmental problems are relatively cheap and easy to solve if you catch them in an early stage, but at a late stage, they are horrendously expensive or impossible to solve.” ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Climate Change Decoded Around Ecological Crisis|Climate Change Decoded Around Ecological Crisis]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] - [[wiki/Planetary Stewardship|Planetary Stewardship]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Environmental problems are relatively cheap and easy to solve if you catch them in an early stage, but at a late stage, they are horrendously expensive or impossible to solve.” — Jared Diamond, Jared Diamond on the State of the World Environment https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-jared-diamond-environmental-problems-get-harder-solve-time ```