Nicholas Stern argues that the risks and costs of climate change are worse than estimated in the landmark Stern Review in 2006—and far worse than implied by standard economic models. Read more
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Commenting on the publication today (15 January 2019) by the World Meteorological Organization of the estimated global mean surface temperature... Read more
Responding to the announcements today by 10 Downing Street about the new Cabinet, Professor Sam Fankhauser, Co-Director of the Grantham... Read more
On 6 July, 135 members of the climate change research community in the UK wrote to the Prime Minister, Theresa... Read more
Unless the world embarks now on a new energy and industrial revolution it will be very difficult to manage the... Read more
In this policy insight, Nicholas Stern and Chunping Xie discuss China’s need to peak its greenhouse emissions by 2025 as it tackles the threat of climate change in the aftermath of COVID-19 and in the run-up to its 2060 carbon neutrality target. Read more
"The headline and opening paragraphs of the front page story in 'The Times' today give undue prominence to comments I made to them yesterday about the greenhouse gases that are emitted by different types of food production. I think that once people understand the great risks that climate change poses, they will naturally want to choose products and services that cause little or no emissions of greenhouse gases, which means 'low-carbon consumption'." Read more
Executive Summary The world is heading in a difficult and dangerous direction. A range of estimates based on current plans... Read more