Sir Nicholas Stern je významný ekonom, který stál v čele britské vládní ekonomické služby a dříve působil jako hlavní ekonom Světové banky. Jeho práce se zaměřuje na klíčové ekonomické otázky současnosti, přičemž jeho odbornost proniká do hloubky komplexních finančních systémů. Jeho vliv jako ekonoma je patrný v jeho snaze o pochopení a řešení globálních ekonomických výzev.
Hurricanes and storms strike New Orleans and Mumbai;Further substantial climate change is unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. Here Lord Stern, a world leading authority on climate change, confronts urgent questions: What are the dangers? How can the world adapt?
There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels for energy, are causing changes to the Earth's climate. A sound understanding of the economics of climate change is needed in order to underpin an effective global response to this challenge. The Stern Review is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue. It has been conducted by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank. The Economics of Climate Change will be invaluable for all students of the economics and policy implications of climate change, and economists, scientists and policy makers involved in all aspects of climate change.
* Further <b>substantial climate change is unavoidable</b> and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. The way we live in the next thirty years - how we invest, use energy, organise transport and treat forests - will determine whether these risks become realities. * Although poor countries - the least responsible for climate change - will be hit earliest and hardest, <b>all countries must adapt to the effects</b>: hurricanes and storms strike New Orleans and Mumbai; flooding causes devastation in England and Mozambique; droughts occur in Australia and Darfur; and sea level rise will affect Florida and Bangladesh. * <b>Lord Stern, author of the <i>Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change</i> and former Chief Economist at the World Bank,</b> is the world's leading authority on what we can do in the face of such unprecedented threat. Action on climate change will require the greatest possible international collaboration, but if successful will ensure not just our future, but our future prosperity. * Focusing on the economic management of investment and growth from the perspective of both adaptation and mitigation, <b>Stern confronts the most urgent questions facing us now: what is the problem? What are the dangers? What can be done to reduce emissions, at what cost? How can the world adapt? And what does all this mean for corporations, governments and individuals?</b> * <b><i>A Blueprint for a Safer Planet</i> provides authoritative, inspirational, and hopeful, answers.</b>