The Cost of Climate Inaction Dec 20, 2013 An event attended by Ca Gov Jerry Brown, winner of climate science prize named for former Stanford Woods Institute senior fellow. Lord Nicholas Stern, winner of the third annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science, discussed the economics of climate change at the Commonweath Club of California in San Francisco. A former chief economist at the World Bank, economist, Stern is best known for authoring the 2006 “Stern Review,” which concluded the costs of inaction are greater than the costs of action when it comes to climate change. The $10,000 award is named for former Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow and renowned climate scientist Stephen Schneider. It is given by Climate One, the sustainability initiative of the Commonwealth Club of California, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public forum in San Francisco. Schneiders widow, Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow Terry Root, was in the audience for Sterns talk.
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