The Sustainability Blog

Nicholas Stern’s review into climate change is one of the most significant pieces of economic policy analysis to make its way into the public realm, possibly ever. It generated a huge amount of controversy, and was both praised and attacked by fellow economists and other academics, scientists, environmentalists and policy commentators. Here, I will outline for a lay audience the major issues that were disputed amongst economists. (I’ll keep it as short as I can, which is still long, but I’ve done my best.)