Lord Stern: Costs of climate inaction now even higher than a decade ago

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Author of influential Stern Review on economics of climate change argues action to tackle climate risks is now better framed as an 'attractive growth story'

The costs of failing to act on climate change are even higher than they were a decade ago, according to the author of the influential Stern Review which marks its 10th anniversary this week. Lord Nicholas...

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