The basic scientific conclusions on climate change are very robust and for good reason. The greenhouse effect is … - Nicholas Stern

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Nicholas Stern

The basic scientific conclusions on climate change are very robust and for good reason. The greenhouse effect is simple science: greenhouse gases trap heat, and humans are emitting ever more greenhouse gases.

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If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this. . . it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.

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We run enormous risks and we know what kind of reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to drastically reduce risks. Reducing emissions by half by 2050 is roughly in the right ballpark. It would bring us below 550 ppm.

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We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's crystal clear that we succeed or fail on winning the battle against world poverty and managing climate change together. If we fail on one, we fail on the other.

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The greenhouse effect is something you can observe experimentally - and most people have observed the greenhouse effect themselves, in greenhouses. Yes?

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Give up meat to save the planet.

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