Stern Confirms Economic Benefits of Halting Climate Change

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During a recent visit to Washington, D.C., Sir Nicholas Stern, author of the British government’s much-publicized report on the economic effects of climate change, presented a packed World Bank audience with an interesting ultimatum. He invited anyone in the room to “leave” and “not bother with climate change” if he or she agreed with any of the following statements: one, that the existing science is wrong; two, that humans are fantastically adaptive and will adjust (for example, by wearing less clothing or learning to swim); and three, that the potential effects are so far in the future that we need not worry about them. Stern then called these three perspectives absurd, reckless, and unethical, respectively.
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http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4909

Nothing news shattering to anyone here just thought people would get a kick out of Mr Stern's opening.