economics of climate change

Stronger efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases should be undertaken if global warming of more than 1.5 Celsius degrees... Read more

This paper studies the economic effects of long-term and gradual climate change, over a period of 250 years, when people have time to adapt. Read more

The economic case for low-carbon growth is even stronger than when the Stern Review was published in 2006, according to a new paper by Nicholas Stern. Read more

Shifting our fossil-fuelled civilisation to clean modes of production and consumption requires deep transformations in our energy and economic systems Read more

Lord Stern has been Chair of the Grantham Research Institute since it was founded in 2008. He also holds the... Read more

Weak economic arguments against reducing emissions of greenhouse gases are being used to slow down the transition to low-carbon economic growth and development, Nicholas Stern will tell a public audience at London School of Economics and Political Science today. Read more

Alex Bowen and James Rydge, 2011. Chapter in: The Governance of Climate Change: Science, Politics and Ethics Link to publisher Read more