Lord Stern: On market failures, World Wars, and the 'only growth story on offer'

James Murray
clock • 16 min read

A decade on from the Stern Review its central arguments remain as influential ever, so is its author frustrated or excited by the progress the green economy has made in the intervening 10 years

Ten years on from the publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and fresh from picking up the lifetime achievement gong at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards, Lord Nicholas Stern...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Policy

Government unveils plans for major shake-up of water regulation

Government unveils plans for major shake-up of water regulation

New Water White Paper sets out fresh plans for how government intends to replace Ofwat with new regulatory body

James Murray
clock 19 January 2026 • 4 min read
'The biggest win for nature in a generation': High Seas Treaty enters into force

'The biggest win for nature in a generation': High Seas Treaty enters into force

Landmark ocean protections enter into force - but green groups slam 'glacial' UK progress in writing treaty into law

Stuart Stone
clock 17 January 2026 • 5 min read
Global Briefing: Canada and China ink energy and clean tech deal

Global Briefing: Canada and China ink energy and clean tech deal

Beijing and Ottawa look to improve relations, judge allows US offshore wind farm construction to continue, and Egypt inks major renewables deals

James Murray
clock 16 January 2026 • 4 min read