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The Telegraph: Davos's green colonialism decried by poorer countries – but the West will crush them anyway

"Lord Nicholas Stern from the London School of Economics said Tokyo needs to kick its coal addiction fast, which means tackling powerful vested interests head on. 'It’s a real reputational risk for Japan,' he said." http://bit.ly/2RZqG6h

The Guardian: Inequality makes climate crisis much harder to tackle

"Almost 15 years ago Nick Stern, then head of the UK Government Economic Service, produced a report on the economics of climate change in which he called the failure to deal with a heating planet the greatest market failure of all time. He argued that the benefits of early action outweighed the costs. Last week Prof Stern, now chair of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics, said the threat was now being taken a lot more seriously. There were four reasons for that." http://bit.ly/2RYXnR6

International New York Times: The climate takes center stage

Lord Stern is quoted on climate change. http://bit.ly/2uinGc8

Financial Times: Why India’s global ambitions require more pursuit of WEF principles

Dr Ruth Kattumuri comments on India's international trade relations. https://www.ft.com/content/284ec858-2197-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b

Environmental Insights with Lord Stern

Podcast of Lord Stern's interview for the Harvard Environmental Economics Program podcast 'Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice'. https://soundcloud.com/environmentalinsights/interview-with-nick-stern

BBC World Service: India's pollution problem

Is India's economic growth playing havoc with its environment? Ruth Kattumuri joins a panel of experts to discuss. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyddt

BBC Radio 4: The Indian economy

Dr Ruth Kattumuri and some LSE students comment on the Indian economy. http://bit.ly/35V79bZ