stern review

The Stern Review, released in 2006, is one of the most influential reports on climate change ever produced. It helped to create national and international momentum for a global deal on climate change. Read more

The case for action on climate change with urgency and at scale rests on the immense magnitude of climate risk,... Read more

These presentation slides accompany a talk given by Nicholas Stern at an LSE public lecture held on 26 October 2021. Read more

The pursuit of net zero emissions by countries across the world will require the biggest economic transformation ever seen in peacetime, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern will say today (Tuesday 26 October) in a lecture to mark the 15th anniversary of the publication of the landmark report ‘The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review’. Read more

15 years on from the Stern Review, here Nicholas Stern argues that the COVID-19 and climate crises, and the weaknesses that produced them, should be tackled together and that the response must be a new sustainable, resilient and inclusive approach to growth and development. Read more

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern is to be awarded the Bernhard Harms Prize on Saturday 4 September 2021. The award is in recognition of his pioneering work on the economic costs of climate change. Read more