Nicholas Stern warns of catastrophic climate change



Nicholas Stern.

A five degree increase in global temperatures is becoming increasingly likely according to the British former chief economist for the World Bank, Nicholas Stern.
 

A five degree increase in global temperatures is becoming increasingly likely according to the British former chief economist for the World Bank, Nicholas Stern.
 

Stern, who wrote a 2006 study on climate change, said on Tuesday, April 2, that the world could be headed toward warming even more catastrophic than expected but he voiced hope for political action.
 

He said that without changes to emission trends, the planet had roughly a 50 percent chance that temperatures would soar to five degrees Celsius (nine degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial averages this century.
 

"We haven't been above five degrees Centigrade on this planet for about 30 million years. So you can see that this is radical change way outside human experience," Stern said in an address at the International Monetary Fund.
 

The economist was quoted in an international news story headed: “Economist warns of 'radical' climate change, millions at risk”.