Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate — and what we might do about it
ニコラス・スターン卿: 気候の危機―私達ができるかもしれないこと
Lord Nicholas Stern studies the economics of climate change. He is a co-author of the position paper presented to the UN's 2014 Climate Summit, called "The New Climate Economy." Full bio
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違う方法で進めようとしているようです
the vast majority of the people,
3分の2を占めるようになるでしょう
years, a quarter of a million.
this second transformation,
and we can save energy.
there, well established,
and investment in them
introduced the congestion charge,
環境に優しくなりました
transformations I've described,
それができれば
incoming government of India
the economy and the structure
実はその前から
mobile phones when we're away.
immense risks of climate change
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nicholas Stern - Climate economistLord Nicholas Stern studies the economics of climate change. He is a co-author of the position paper presented to the UN's 2014 Climate Summit, called "The New Climate Economy."
Why you should listen
Lord Nicholas Stern is the author of the seminal 2006 Review on the Economics of Climate Change, one of the most influential papers discussing the real economic implications of addressing (or not addressing) climate. The former Chief Economist at the World Bank, Lord Nicholas is now the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Since 2013, he has been President of the British Academy. His research and publications have focused on the economics of climate change, economic development and growth, economic theory, tax reform, public policy and the role of the state and economies in transition.
In 2014, as part of a commission chaired by Felipe Calderon, Lord Nicholas helped produce a report titled "The New Climate Economy," laying out an economic plan for countering climate change.
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