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“Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen”

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Nicholas Stern is a renowned British economist known for his contributions to the field of climate change economics. Born on April 22, 1946, he has served as the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank. more

“Although reducing human emissions to the atmosphere is undoubtedly of critical importance, as are any and all measures to reduce the human environmental "footprint", the truth is that the contribution of each individual cannot be reduced to zero... If we believe that the size of the human "footprint" is a serious problem (and there is much evidence for this) then a rational view would be that along with a raft of measures to reduce the footprint per person, the issue of population management must be addressed.”

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“Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change”

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“We need to develop the new green industrial revolution that develops the new technologies that can confront and overcome the challenge of climate change; and that above all can show us not that we can avoid changing our behaviour but we can change it in a way that is environmentally sustainable.”

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“If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world.”

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“Climate change is probably the greatest long-term challenge facing the human race.”

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