Will UK climate change policies make us better or worse off?
Trevor Maynard of Lloyd’s of London argues the economic case for decarbonisation has never been more compelling, even before you consider the need to insure against climate change
I will be attending the launch of an important economic study this evening at Westminster. The report by Cambridge Econometrics and reviewed by Professor Paul Ekins from UCL seeks to answer the question...
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