A Conversation with Lord Nicholas Stern

SIPA hosted Lord Nicholas Stern, British economist and former head of the UK's Government Economic Service.

(Sep 21, 2009 at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA))

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News & Politics

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• uchannel
• academic
• lectures
• climate
• change
• sipa
• columbia
• environment
• global
• warming

[Benitabravo]

Everybody should be watching this video, very good !!!! everyone should see it

[ager74]

These tossers are so far up the governments ass, it makes me want to be sick. Scientists talking about Politics, and Policy now there is the danger, Science, Media, Bankers, all lieing for money. One word for them "Filth" "Filth" His whole debate is based on risk management, underpinned by false climate models, so he his managing the risk of something that does not exist, and they get paid for this out of the tax from our governments, absolute disgrace.

[patriotslantern]

Another moron of the "sky is falling" theory of climate change. This spineless coward of a moron said we all should become vegetarians to save the planet. I don't know about anyone else but I would love to shove a cow ass first down his throat and watch the stupid bastard choke on a methane bloated cow.

[GeorgeTheBushPig]

Funding for adaptation needs of southern countries cannot be on the "goodwill" of ICs but should be mandatory. It's the "polluter pay" principle. Each IC should pay the equivalent percentage of GHG emissions as a % of the $100 billion p/a that was mentioned. $23 billion p/a is less than what the USA pays every quarter for its folly in Iraq. If a stupid war was sold to the Americans why can't an obligation that has far more moral weight be sold to them?

[GeorgeTheBushPig]

Very interesting presentation; now I understand why China and India should take a harder line. Climate change is a result of CO2 emissions over the last 150 odd years from industrialised countries (ICs), Now ICs want others, who made no contribution to this problem, to be part of the solution while trying to do the minimum themselves. Its like asking the passenger to do something to stop the car that is hurtling towards the cliff while the driver refuses to take his foot off of the pedal.

[WWIIINIV]

and the answer is *drumroll* Another TAX. Imagine that.