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In this video interview, economist Nicholas Stern discusses the downturn and its effect on the climate change agenda. If you’re like me – and don’t understand economics all that well – this video is actually an easy way to get a bit of a grip on how we can solve both the economic crisis and the [...] Conventional wisdom has it that if the leaders of the world can’t agree on a round of negotiations to liberalise world trade then there’s no chance they will agree on measures to tackle climate change. After all, a pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions will involve re-tooling vast swathes of industry and impact the way companies [...] An opinion poll in 11 countries has produced what organisers term a “global mandate” for action on climate change. About half of the respondents wanted governments to play a major role in curbing emissions, but only a quarter said their leaders were doing enough. |
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