Nicholas Stern
Nicholas Stern
Nicholas Herbert Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, FRS, FBA is a British economist and academic. He is I. G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, and 2010 Professor of Collège de France. Since 2013, he has been President of the British Academy...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth22 April 1946
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levels climate-change currents
Greenhouse gas emissions: Ultimately, stabilisation - at whatever level - requires that annual emissions be brought down to more than 80% below current levels
world claims foreign-policy
To claim the World Bank is just an extension of U.S. foreign policy is just wrong.
giving-up vegetarian-diet choices
A diet that relies heavily on meat production results in higher emissions than a typical vegetarian diet. Different individuals will make different choices. However, the debate about climate change should not be dumbed down to a single slogan, such as 'give up meat to save the planet.
technology self support
Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and storage, and not to the defence of deniers and cranks.
country growth world
Fortunately poorer countries, such as China, are showing leadership and beginning to demonstrate to the world how to invest in low-carbon growth.
country growth progress
Unfortunately, the current pace of progress is not nearly rapid enough, with many rich industrialised countries being slow to make the transition to cleaner and more efficient forms of economic growth.
impact storm climate
The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts of climate change.
giving-up meat climate-change
Give up meat to save the planet.
people greenhouses effects
The greenhouse effect is something you can observe experimentally - and most people have observed the greenhouse effect themselves, in greenhouses. Yes?
winning battle together
We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's crystal clear that we succeed or fail on winning the battle against world poverty and managing climate change together. If we fail on one, we fail on the other.
war two risk
Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen...We risk damages on a scale larger than the two world wars of the last century.
would-be looks world
If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.
father fighting hands
My father's generation's crisis was fighting fascism. Ours is fighting climate change. It is much harder because you can't see it, it is not an obvious threat. But the solution is in our hands.
party government understanding
It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the other works.