The figure shows that the optimal point corresponds to the intersection where the marginal cost of environmental adaptation equals the marginal cost of environemntal damages:
𝑀𝐶adaptation = 𝑀𝐶damages
meaning that further investment would no longer provide a net benefit.
(citation mercifully withheld)
WHEN COMPLEX IS AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS 
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