Off Target: An Evaluation of the Stern Review’s Climate Disaster Predictions

By Paul Homewood

 

 

Roger Pielke Jr casts an eye back to Lord Stern’s Review:

 

 

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It seems like ancient history today, but the 2006 report on climate change by Nicholas Stern, produced at the request of the British Government had a significant impact on discussions of climate policy. The “Stern Review” as it was called focused on the economics of climate change and climate policy.

Among the report’s conclusions was a prediction of how climate and weather related disasters would increase in coming years and decades. Now, 17 years later, we can take a look at how well that prediction has fared.

In short, not so well.

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Read Roger’s full post here.

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March 9, 2023 at 03:34AM

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