Lord Stern: Government must reassure business it is "not going flaky" on climate change

Jessica Shankleman
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Economist urges policy makers to ignore Heartland Institute distractions and deliver investor certainty

In his own words Lord Stern is a "policy wonk". He is frustrated by the way the media reports climate science and scandals, such as the recent Heartland Institute documents, and instead urges them to retain...

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