The Global Deal
Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity

The Global Deal examines the financial costs of taking action to mitigate climate change from an economic perspective. The book was written by Nicholas Stern, a British economist and academic and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of E......more

Review by Bill McKibben of The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity, By Nicholas Stern Nicholas Stern is a very interesting man. A member of the British House of Lords (Baron Stern of Brentford!), he was chief economist of the World Bank and head of the......more

Książka napisana w zeszłej dekadzie, a więc przedstawione w niej prognozy utworzenia globalnego ładu na rzecz ochrony środowiska i przeciwdziałaniu zmianie klimatu niekoniecznie się sprawdziły. Warto jednak ją przeczytać, a szczególnie ze względu na cały ambitny plan transformacji, adaptacji i zmian......more

A difficult read that delves into a macro-economic view of climate change. Stern as the UK's chief economist writes an evaluation on the costs of global warming. The costs are on a global scale and his financial projections span decades. Many of the economic calculations are in terms of GDP and a bi......more

Interesting overview, a lot of economics referred to. High hopes for COP19 in this book but we know it fell short. Some interesting policies in this book that have not yet been implemented. We are in a better place in 2020 though, but at the same time climate predictions have improved so the climate......more