Climate change is a major threat to the sustainability and inclusiveness of our societies, and to the planet’s habitability. A just transition to a low-carbon economy is the only viable way forward. This paper reviews the climate change challenge. It stresses the criticality of systems changes...

Intro -- Contents -- About This Book -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- A Strategy for Development -- Globalization and Inequality -- Globalization and Inequality: Historical Trends -- Fear of Globalization: The Human Capital Nexus -- Growth and Inequality: The Role of Foreign Trade and...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- Development Thinking at the Millennium -- A New Global Consensus on Helping the Poorest of the Poor -- Ten Years After The Road to a Free Economy: The AuthorÌs Self- Evaluation -- Consensus Building, Knowledge, and Conditionality --...

Economist Nicholas Stern evaluates the economic future, and the essential steps we must take to protect growth and reduce poverty while managing climate change. The future Stern outlines is optimistic and pragmatic; he believes we have the capacity and creativity to change. But we need the will...