Linklaters trainee Olivia Breese looks at how the dramatic shift in public attitudes towards climate change has created a boom in the renewable energy sector
Over the past 18 months there has been a seismic shift in public attitudes towards climate change: the publication of the report commissioned by the Government from Sir Nicholas Stern entitled ‘The Economics of Climate Change’ in October 2006 coincided with the release in the UK of Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which brought climate change to the front and centre of both personal and political debate worldwide. The policy debate has moved on from whether climate change exists, or whether mankind has contributed to it. Today the public and private sector around the world are increasingly focused on what to do and what it means for business.
At a series of debates hosted by Linklaters over the past 12 months, the keynote speakers – Sir Nicholas Stern, John Shepherd of the Tyndall Centre and Lord Browne – have driven home three overriding messages.
The first is that time is of the essence: early action is much more effective than late action, and correspondingly cheaper for the global economy.
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