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Benefits of climate change? ‘Completely wrong’
Posted by Financial Times: Pilita Clark on March 12th, 2014
Financial Times: The idea that the benefits of climate change will outweigh any risks is “completely wrong”, according to the government scientist who advises the cabinet on the latest state of knowledge on global warming. “Whilst there may be trivial benefits in some parts of the world for some of the time, the long-term direction for all of us is a negative direction,” said Sir Mark Walport, the UK’s chief scientific adviser. Sir Mark was responding to MPs’ questions in a Commons committee about claims by the...
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Natural capital committee calls for economic value on nature
Posted by Blue and Green: Ilaria Bertini on March 12th, 2014
Blue and Green: The independent natural capital committee has said that too often the environment is taken for granted, and called for a 25-year-long natural capital plan so that Britain can enjoy the “economic and wellbeing benefits”.
Its latest State of Natural Capital report says the environment should be taken into account in long-term decision-making. It highlights natural capital as an important player in the UK’s economy and society.
Chair of the committee, the economist Dieter Helm, wrote in the report,...