There might not be much that's truly new in the Stern report, but it does create a new political imperative to do something about it.
In the end, less-lethal weapons don't mean police use less force, according to Chris Stone, a criminal justice professor at Harvard who worked on the Stern report.
These shots at the Stern report whistle in from different directions, but Mr Nordhaus and Sir Partha both agree on one point: Sir Nicholas's choices are inconsistent with each other.
University College London (UCL) climatologist Mark Maslin called it "the Stern report for medics", referring to the 2006 review that outlined the future impacts of the climate change situation in economic terms and advocated comprehensive, early-stage action to address it.
What they actually should have done is what I and near every economist (yes, including even such as Lord Stern and his report) have been saying for a decade and more.
Sir Nicholas Stern's mammoth report on climate change made a powerful case for cutting carbon emissions immediately.
Speaking to reporters after release of the report, Mr Stern said reforms that would further help poor nations were already underway.
Stern says the panel's report tried to put that shot into context.
Mentions James Hansen, the Stern Review, and the Vattenfall report.
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cited the Stern Review extensively in the Fourth Assessment Report, which purported to present the consensus views on climate-change science and mitigation options in 2007.
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In 2006, Sir Nicolas Stern released The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, a 700-page report prepared for the British government.
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