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United Kingdom: Economist Stern: 'I Got It Wrong on Climate ChangeIt's Far, Far Worse'
2013-01-27 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: Lord Nicholas Stern, the widely respected author of a landmark 2006 government-commissioned report on global warmings effect on the world economy, says he should have been more blunt about the dangers posed by rising temperatures. In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Stern said: "Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions are rising pretty strongly. Some of the effects...
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United Kingdom: Nicholas Stern: 'I got it wrong on climate change it's far, far worse'
2013-01-26 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Lord Stern, author of the government-commissioned review on climate change that became the reference work for politicians and green campaigners, now says he underestimated the risks, and should have been more "blunt" about the threat posed to the economy by rising temperatures. In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Stern, who is now a crossbench peer, said: "Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected,...