The Stern Review 10 years on - what's changed?

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Almost a decade to the day since the influential report on the economics of climate change was published, its author looks back on what's changed - and what's stayed the same

Of the many and varied reports on the impacts of climate change released over the past three decades, the Stern Review is without doubt one of the most influential. Its stark conclusion that the overall...

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