Supporting Slides - Sustainable Development Commission
... • The costs of mitigating climate change • The costs of adapting to climate change ...
... • The costs of mitigating climate change • The costs of adapting to climate change ...
Slides
... energy supply, e.g. wind and nuclear • Growing new markets for insurance against losses from extreme weather • National and global greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets ...
... energy supply, e.g. wind and nuclear • Growing new markets for insurance against losses from extreme weather • National and global greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets ...
full text - A Review of the Universe
... They have announced plans for China to generate 10% of its power from renewable sources and have p to build more nuclear power reactors. ...
... They have announced plans for China to generate 10% of its power from renewable sources and have p to build more nuclear power reactors. ...
Nicholas Stern's CV
... of Economics, heading the India Observatory within the LSE's Asia Research Centre. From April 2008: Chairman of LSE’s new Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He is also Special Adviser to the Group Chairman of HSBC on Economic Development and Climate Change. From 2005- ...
... of Economics, heading the India Observatory within the LSE's Asia Research Centre. From April 2008: Chairman of LSE’s new Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He is also Special Adviser to the Group Chairman of HSBC on Economic Development and Climate Change. From 2005- ...
Climate Change and the Economy
... What we do now can have only a limited effect on the climate over the next 40 or 50 years; what we do in the next 10 or 20 years can have a profound effect on the climate in the second half of this century and in the next. By investing 1% of GDP now (the next 10-20 years) we will avoid losing 20% of ...
... What we do now can have only a limited effect on the climate over the next 40 or 50 years; what we do in the next 10 or 20 years can have a profound effect on the climate in the second half of this century and in the next. By investing 1% of GDP now (the next 10-20 years) we will avoid losing 20% of ...
For Nicholas Stern, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge
... Stern is confident that the technological applications that can bring down emissions “are already coming through; in agriculture, in transport and as part of the broader quest for improved energy efficiency,” and maintains that such technology will spearhead a “new energy and industrial revolution.” ...
... Stern is confident that the technological applications that can bring down emissions “are already coming through; in agriculture, in transport and as part of the broader quest for improved energy efficiency,” and maintains that such technology will spearhead a “new energy and industrial revolution.” ...
Introduction
... today to save millions or billions of individuals living in the future. The alternative, a zero discount rate, produces similar absurdities. Suppose we discover that there is a policy in place that will reduce future output by a small percentage, say 1/100 of a percent, starting in two hundred years ...
... today to save millions or billions of individuals living in the future. The alternative, a zero discount rate, produces similar absurdities. Suppose we discover that there is a policy in place that will reduce future output by a small percentage, say 1/100 of a percent, starting in two hundred years ...
Letter to Representative Smith 8 July 2014 (opens in new window)
... confidence). Scenarios in which all countries of the world begin mitigation immediately, there is a single global carbon price, and all key technologies are available, have been used as a cost-effective benchmark for estimating macroeconomic mitigation costs. Under these assumptions, mitigation sce ...
... confidence). Scenarios in which all countries of the world begin mitigation immediately, there is a single global carbon price, and all key technologies are available, have been used as a cost-effective benchmark for estimating macroeconomic mitigation costs. Under these assumptions, mitigation sce ...
Eco−friendly economists awarded the Leontief Prize
... cores suggests that human activity has had an significant effect on the climate. "Our planet is now at the hottest it's been in 800,000 years," Weitzman said. He echoed Stern in insisting that governments around the world should commit to discovering drastic solutions to climate change. Weitzman spo ...
... cores suggests that human activity has had an significant effect on the climate. "Our planet is now at the hottest it's been in 800,000 years," Weitzman said. He echoed Stern in insisting that governments around the world should commit to discovering drastic solutions to climate change. Weitzman spo ...
IEAGHG Information Paper; 2013-IP5: Lord Nicholas Stern Identifies... Climate Action
... Stern believes that a key component of mobilizing political will, then, is a stronger risk narrative driven by a new breed of scientific models. These models should not only reflect the severity of climate risks, but the human and environmental costs that are typically ignored in data-driven models— ...
... Stern believes that a key component of mobilizing political will, then, is a stronger risk narrative driven by a new breed of scientific models. These models should not only reflect the severity of climate risks, but the human and environmental costs that are typically ignored in data-driven models— ...
Opening Remarks by Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC,... “Overcoming world poverty and managing climate change” by Lord Nicholas...
... atmosphere is feasible and consistent with continued growth and that the transition to a lowcarbon economy will bring challenges for competitiveness but also opportunities for growth. Adaptation policy is crucial for dealing with the unavoidable impacts of climate change, but it has been under-empha ...
... atmosphere is feasible and consistent with continued growth and that the transition to a lowcarbon economy will bring challenges for competitiveness but also opportunities for growth. Adaptation policy is crucial for dealing with the unavoidable impacts of climate change, but it has been under-empha ...