The Stern Review

Paper commissioned by the government of the United Kingdom on the effects on the global economy of climate change in the next 50 years. It was coordinated by World Bank economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, and published on October 30, 2006. One of the main conclusions of the report is that the spending to stabilize the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere would be equivalent to 1% of the world’s GDP by 2050.

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Paris Agreement

Paris Agreement

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Greenhouse effect

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Igarapé

Igarapé

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