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Common sense prevails as BBC upholds Today programme climate complaint
BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit concludes interview with Lord Lawson and Professor Sir Brian Hoskins on climate change and floods broke guidelines on due accuracy read more »
Models ‘grossly underestimate’ costs of global warming, Nicholas Stern says
Existing economic models “grossly underestimate” the costs of global warming, undermining the urgency for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new paper by leading UK climate change … read more »
Climate change will ‘cost world far more than estimated’
Lord Stern says current models do not adequately reflect the science and the impact on global economies The Independent
New economic model shows risks from climate change are bigger than previously estimated
A new version of a standard economic model shows that the risks from unchecked climate change are bigger than previously estimated and strengthens the case for strong cuts in greenhouse … read more »
Errors in estimates of the aggregate economic impacts of climate change – Part III
In previous commentaries on 2 April and 15 April, I described my ongoing efforts to have some small but significant errors corrected in three papers by Professor Richard Tol and … read more »
What do economic models tell us?
“It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future” – so goes the saying. The same applies to economic modelling. This is not just the trite point that it … read more »
Blog on Select Committee Hearing
Earlier this week, I wrote a blog for the ‘Environment’ web pages of ‘The Guardian’ expressing my concern about an upcoming oral evidence session by the House of Commons Select … read more »
