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Comment: Time for a green industrial revolution

By Nicholas Stern

21 January 2009

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The global economic downturn is an opportunity to invest in green tech while costs are lower

The global economic downturn is an opportunity to invest in green tech while costs are lower

Read the accompanying news article: Launch the green economic revolution – now

AS THE world faces up to the worst global financial crisis since the 1930s, the economic case for tackling the global climate crisis is more compelling than ever. Fortunately, our ability to respond has also increased as we embark upon a technological revolution that will drive sustainable growth and development of a low-carbon global economy.

Since my colleagues and I published the Stern Review on the economics of…

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