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Nicholas Stern comments on European Commission’s proposals for European Union 2030 energy and climate package
“It is very important that European leaders accept the Commission’s proposed target for reducing emissions by 40 per cent by 2030 compared with 1990 as the minimum ambition they must set at their summit in March”. read more »
Nicholas Stern comments on European Commission’s proposals for European Union 2030 energy and climate package
“Responding to the publication today of the European Commission’s proposals for the European Union energy and climate change package for 2030, Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on … read more »
UN climate talks: Good COP Bad COP
COP 19 aimed to progress the negotiations towards a global climate change agreement, which the Parties are seeking to finalise by 2015 at COP 21 in Paris. The conference overran by one day, with a modest outcome. read more »
Comment by Nicholas Stern on outcome of United Nations climate change summit in Warsaw
“Although some progress has been made at this summit, the actions that have been agreed are simply inadequate when compared with the scale and urgency of the risks that the world faces from rising levels of greenhouse gases, and the dangers of irreversible impacts if there is delay.” read more »
Statement by Nicholas Stern on President Obama’s speech on climate change
Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), welcomes the major speech by President Obama on climate change today. read more »
The Australian Government’s proposals for a carbon pricing policy
Australia’s Government has put forward a carbon pricing package which is, in some respects, as significant as the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The scheme promises to be a cost-effective … read more »
