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SHORTCAST | 15 years on from the Stern Review: economics of climate change, innovation, growth

To mark the 15th anniversary of the publication of the landmark The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review, Nicholas Stern reviews progress and looks forward to the prospects of success at COP26 and beyond.
To mark the 15th anniversary of the publication of the landmark The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review, Nicholas Stern reviews progress and looks forward to the prospects of success at COP26 and beyond.
Wednesday 12 January 2022 | 20 minutes 47 seconds
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This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on November 2nd 2021. A full version is available to download on the LSE player.

Lord Stern points out that global emissions of greenhouse gases have continued to climb, and the impacts of climate change have become clearer and more worrying. He describes the evolution in understanding of the economic opportunities and risks associated with climate change, and how the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could allow action to accelerate.

Nicholas Stern (@lordstern1) is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Head of the India Observatory at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was knighted for services to economics in 2004, made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of Brentford in 2007, and appointed Companion of Honour for services to economics, international relations and tackling climate change in 2017.

Minouche Shafik is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this, she was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. She is an alumna of LSE.