The internationally influential Stern report on climate change underestimated the risks of global warming and should have presented an even bleaker view of the future, according to its own author.
โWe underestimated the risks โฆ we underestimated the damage associated with the temperature increases โฆ and we underestimated the probabilities of temperature increases,โ said Sir Nicholas Stern.
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A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sectorโs largest emitters.
Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group โvisibilityโ and โimage gainโ in return for financial contributions to climate summit's Agrizone.
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
