Rise of the Greenback ; the Stern Report Linked Saving Enviroment to Enviroment Growth- and a New Breed of Green Entpreneurs Are Proving You Can Make Cash with a Clean Conscience
Evening Standard - London › November 06, 2006
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WHEN Sir Nicholas Stern delivered his apocalyptic warning about climate change and the threat to world economies he extended a thread of hope. If we change our ways, he said, we might just get away with it. By holding out the prospect of escaping a desperate fate, Sir Nicholas - at a stroke - created a year zero.
Virtually everything, post-Stern, will have to envisage the overriding consideration of saving the planet. Politics, commerce, diplomacy - even leisure - must now be conducted with a fearful glance over our shoulder at the rearing carbon monster.See the full content of this document
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Rise of the Greenback ; the Stern Report Linked Saving Enviroment to Enviroment Growth- and a New Breed of Green Entpreneurs Are Proving You Can Make Cash with a Clean Conscience
Frightening? Not for everyone. Quite a few people out there have realised the global warming cloud can have a silver lining.
The politicians are revelling in Stern.A previous generation in Parliamentmanaged to introduce income tax when we were threatened by Napoleon - not nearly as terrifying as carbon meltdown.Imagine the opportunities, not just for new taxes, but for personal careers. Who will be the William Pitt of the CO2 war?Davi...See the full content of this document
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