How much and how fast should we react to the threat of global warming? The Stern Review
argues that the damages from climate change are large, and that nations should undertake …

Governments across the world are coming under increasing pressure to invest heavily in
projects that have maturities of decades or even centuries. Key areas of concern include …

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

As scientific and observational evidence on global warming piles up every day, questions of
economic policy in this central environmental topic have taken center stage. But as author …

By Nicholas Stern* quickly as possible, because policy decisions are both urgent and
moving quickly—particularly following the recent United Nations Framework Convention on …

The crucial role which natural systems play in underpinning economic activity and human
wellbeing is of growing concern as evidence mounts of the increasing human pressures …

Scholars in philosophy, law, economics and other fields have widely debated how science,
environmental precaution, and economic interests should be balanced in urgent …

This paper provides (for the nonspecialist) a highly streamlined discussion of the main
issues, and controversies, in the design of climate mitigation policy. The first part of the …

In October 2006, Nicholas Stern, one of the greatest economists and public intellectuals of
our day, made headlines around the world with his report, which reviewed the costs and …

The difficulty of avoiding dangerous climate change arises from a tension between group
and self-interest,, and is exacerbated by climate change's intergenerational nature. The …