The speaker estimates that each year of delay might result in the deaths of 100 million people alive today, and possibly 150–200 million.

“in even in purely economic terms like uh in like imagine that uh you would be like each year of delay might cause like maybe 100 million people maybe more uh maybe 150 200 million people who are alive today to end up dying right so the even in purely economic terms the value of a statistical life is like pretty enormous”