Climate Action and Waste Reduction

Video: How can we work together to tackle climate change?

Cameron Hepburn
Professor, Oxford University

“Our atmosphere is one of the great global commons, and we use it collectively as a sewer.” says Cameron Hepburn from the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. He says climate change remains “the mother of all problems,” and it’s vital we continue to work together for clean and affordable solutions.

Author: Cameron Hepburn is an Australian Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford

Image: A man removes dirt from an oven to retrieve baked bricks at a brickyard. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood.  

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