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Economists once dismissed climate costs, Stern showed a low-carbon path makes sense

Two decades after the Stern review argued that acting on climate change is sound economics, Fiona Harvey asks why governments and markets are still slow to act.

The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey
Economists once dismissed climate costs, Stern showed a low-carbon path makes sense
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Two decades after the Stern review argued that acting on climate change is sound economics, Fiona Harvey asks why governments and markets are still slow to act.