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An economist explains how to go carbon neutral in our lifetime

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Economists say it is feasible to turn the economy carbon neutral within 50 years. Image: REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Lord Nicholas Stern
Chair, The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Ceri Parker
Previously Commissioning Editor, Agenda, World Economic Forum
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