Nicholas Stern

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

— Nicholas Stern

If coal is going to be used, the only response - because it is the dirtiest of all fuels - is that…

— Nicholas Stern

How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate…

— Nicholas Stern

This [climate change] is potentially so dangerous that we have to act strongly. Do we want to play Russian roulette with two…

— Nicholas Stern

There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now.

— Nicholas Stern

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response

— Nicholas Stern

Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as…

— Nicholas Stern

The basic scientific conclusions on climate change are very robust and for good reason. The greenhouse effect is simple science: greenhouse gases…

— Nicholas Stern

Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on…

— Nicholas Stern

We can look back through ice-core data and see over 800,000 years, relationships between carbon dioxide and the temperature of the world.…

— Nicholas Stern

Greenhouse gas emissions: Ultimately, stabilisation - at whatever level - requires that annual emissions be brought down to more than 80% below…

— Nicholas Stern

Unfortunately, the current pace of progress is not nearly rapid enough, with many rich industrialised countries being slow to make the transition…

— Nicholas Stern

We run enormous risks and we know what kind of reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to drastically reduce risks. Reducing emissions…

— Nicholas Stern

As an undergraduate, I did maths and physics. That doesn't make me a scientist. So I try to read and understand and…

— Nicholas Stern

Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen...We risk damages on a scale larger than the…

— Nicholas Stern

It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of…

— Nicholas Stern

The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing…

— Nicholas Stern

Do politicians understand just how difficult it could be, just how devastating rises of 4C, 5C or 6C could be? I think,…

— Nicholas Stern

Adaptation can efficiently reduce the costs of climate change while atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are being stabilised

— Nicholas Stern

We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's…

— Nicholas Stern

If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would…

— Nicholas Stern

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…

— Nicholas Stern

Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades

— Nicholas Stern

The US will increasingly see the risks of being left behind, and ten years from now they would have to start worrying…

— Nicholas Stern

Rising sea levels will result in tens to hundreds of millions more people flooded each year with a warming of 3 or…

— Nicholas Stern