The Stern Review won’t be the last word on the cost of global warming. But it has upped the stakes in the debate. Jim Giles reports.

He’s a highly respected researcher and a former chief economist at the World Bank. He had a year and the help of more than 20 of Britain’s brightest civil servants and academics. His work was commissioned by Gordon Brown, who controls Britain’s budget and is likely to be the country’s next prime minister. So could Nicholas Stern settle the debate about the economic impact of climate change?

Read the story here.

The Stern Review won’t be the last word on the cost of global warming. But it has upped the stakes in the debate. Jim Giles reports.

He’s a highly respected researcher and a former chief economist at the World Bank. He had a year and the help of more than 20 of Britain’s brightest civil servants and academics. His work was commissioned by Gordon Brown, who controls Britain’s budget and is likely to be the country’s next prime minister. So could Nicholas Stern settle the debate about the economic impact of climate change?

Read the story here.