The Debate about the Stern-Review and the Economics of Climate Change

Abstract

This argument map represents the basic argumentation that Sir Nicholas H. Stern and his collaborators developed in The Economics of Climate Change in form of a logical argument map (Cambridge, UK, 2007: Cambridge University Press; online: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/stern_review_report.htm). The map includes Stern's argumentation in blue; criticism of several of Stern's assumptions by "main stream economists" in red; and critique by "environmentalist economists" in orange. This way, the argument map represents a complex debate on one of the most influential books on the economics of climate change.