Question

Which of the following predictions were made in the Stern Review if no measures are taken to combat global warming?

Select one: a. world temperatures will increase by less than 2º in the twenty-second century

b. world output could fall by up to a fifth in the next two hundred years

c. even if the annual rate of emissions does not rise, carbon concentration will exceed 6000 parts per million by 2050

d. all of the options given

Answer 1

b. World output could fall by up to a fifth in the next two hundred years is the prediction were made in the stern Review if no measures are taken to combat global warming. Unbated climate changes could cost the world atleast 5% of gdp each year.

a. World temperatures will increase by less than 2° in the twenty second century is not the predictions were made in the stern review if no measurements are taken to combat global warming.Average temperature could rise by 5°.

c. Even if the annual rate of emissions does not rise, carbon concentration will exceed 6000 parts per million by 2050 were not the predictions were made in the stern review if no measurements are taken to combat global warming. By 2050, markets for low carbon technologies could be worth at least $500 billion.