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Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
February 12th 2007 - After the Stern Review: reflections and responses
This is a collection of three papers by the Stern Review team reflecting on views and discussions on ethics, costs and policy responses to climate change since the publication of the Stern Review. The papers are work in progress:
PDF file of paper A: The case for action to reduce the risks of climate change
PDF file of paper B: Value judgements, welfare weights and discounting: issues and evidence
PDF file of paper C: Building an effective international response to climate change
Update - January 2007
Since the release of the report we have released some supplementary documents.
Soon after the Review further sensitivity analysis was published (also available in the hardcopy book):
PDF file of postscript
PDF file of technical annex to postscript
Following some repeated questions and misunderstandings of the Review's content further clarification and a simple explanation of key elements of the Review was published:
PDF file of Frequently Asked Questions
More recently economists, scientists and commentators have published some detailed critiques. Linked below is an initial response but a more detailed response to some issues raised will be published on this website in February.
PDF file of initial response to critiques
Publication of the Stern Review's final report
Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development, is delighted to present his report to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Economics of Climate Change:
Full report
Executive Summary
Other language versions of the Executive Summary
Postscript and Technical Annex to Postscript
Press notice: Publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
PDF file of comments on the Stern Review by leading economists
PDF files of Sir Nicholas Stern´s launch presentation and speaking notes
Presentations by Sir Nicholas Stern
Frequently asked questions
Supporting commissioned research
Background to the Review
Some of the documents above are available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page.
Hardcopies will be available from January at a charge of c. £29.99 + £3.50 postage and packing (quoting ISBN number: 0-521-70080-9). Copies can be ordered from Cambridge University Press via the website http://www.cambridge.org/9780521700801, by fax on +44 (0)1223 315052 or post from the following address: Science Marketing, Freepost, Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, CB2.
The Stern Review team can be contacted by telephone: 020 7270 6280 or by email: stern.review@hm-treasury.gov.uk
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