Stern Review on the economics of climate change

Stern Review final report

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• Table of contents
• Summary of conclusions
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Introduction to Review
• Executive summary (full)
• Executive summary (short)
• Abbreviations and acronyms

Part I: Climate change: our approach (Chapters 1-2)	Introduction
	Chapter 1: The science of climate change
	Chapter 2: Economics, ethics and climate change
	Chapter 2 Technical annex: Ethical frameworks and intertemporal equity
Part II: Impacts of climate change on growth and development (Chapters 3-6)	Introduction
	Chapter 3 How climate change will affect people around the world
	Chapter 4 Implications of climate change for development
	Chapter 5 Costs of climate change in developed countries
	Chapter 6 Economic modelling of climate change impacts
Part III: The economics of stabilisation (Chapters 7-13)	Introduction
	Chapter 7 Projecting the growth of greenhouse gas emissions
	Chapter 8 The challenge of stabilisation
	Chapter 9 Understanding the costs of mitigation
	Chapter 10 Macroeconomic models of costs
	Chapter 11 Structural change and competitiveness
	Chapter 12 Opportunities and wider benefits from climate policies
	Chapter 13 Defining a goal for climate change policy
Part IV: Policy responses for mitigation (Chapters 14-17)	Introduction
	Chapter 14 Harnessing markets to reduce emissions
	Chapter 15 Carbon markets in action
	Chapter 16 Accelerating technological innovation
	Chapter 17 Beyond carbon markets and technology
Part V: Policy responses for adaptation (Chapters 18-20)	Introduction
	Chapter 18 Understanding the economics of adaptation
	Chapter 19 Adaptation policies: key principles and applications in the developed world
	Chapter 20 The role of adaptation in sustainable development
Part VI: International collective action (Chapters 21-27)	Introduction
	Chapter 21 Framework for understanding international collective action for climate change
	Chapter 22 Creating a global price for carbon
	Chapter 23 Supporting the transition to a low carbon economy in developing countries
	Chapter 24 Promoting effective international cooperation on technology
	Chapter 25 Reversing emissions from land use change
	Chapter 26 International support for adaptation
	Chapter 27 Building international co-operation on climate change
Postscript Technical Annex to Postscript
Annex 7.a Climate change and the Environmental Kuznets Curve Annex 7.b Emissions from the power sector Annex 7.c Emissions from the transport sector Annex 7.d Emissions from the industry sector Annex 7.e Emissions from the buildings sector Annex 7.f Emissions from the land use sector Annex 7.g Emissions from the agriculture sector	Technical Annexes to Chapter 7