Growth, Climate and Collaboration: Towards an agreement in Paris in 2015

Paris Climat 2015 : Make It Work

Inaugural conference of the cycle of lectures “Economists facing climate change”

 

By Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics, President of the British Academy

Discussants: Students of Columbia University and Sciences Po

 

Introduction by :

Frédéric Mion, President of Sciences Po

Laurence Tubiana, Ambassador for negotiations on climate change, Special Representative for Climate Conference 2015 Paris

 

 

Agreements are built on shared understanding. The lecture will characterise four key elements of understanding for climate change:

– First, the risks from unmanaged climate change are potentially immense and delay is dangerous.

– Second, the path to a low-carbon growth can be one of creativity, innovation, investment and growth; growth of a better quality than we have seen until now.

– Third, we have to create “equitable access” to sustainable development that builds in the overcoming of poverty in the developing countries and responsibility to lead in the rich countries.

– Fourth, the structure of an agreement must promote and be founded on collaboration rather than discouraged or “burden sharing” and allow for learning and the strengthening of ambition.

 

 

 

Organizers: Dominique Bureau (Ecole polytechnique), Claude Henry (Columbia University), Alessia Lefebure (Programme Alliance), Laurence Tubiana (Sciences Po).

 

Video recordings are not allowed. Texts will be available due course on the websites of the organizers.