Notable quotable

If you thought ignoring financial risks blew up in our faces ... 1

"We have seen the consequences of ignoring risk in the current economic and financial crisis. It has already led to negative growth in rich countries. The risk consequences of ignoring climate change will be very much bigger that the risk consequences of ignoring risk from the financial system."

-- Sir Nicholas Stern, former World Bank chief economist and author of the Stern Report

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. ChristaB Posted 6:39 am
    29 Oct 2008

    Losing GreenI'm glad to see others are also jumping on this very important connection.  
    Ecological Debt Worse than Financial

    Interdependent Crises: Food and Finance

    Loss of Biodiversity = Financial Armageddon
    all at

    The Odalisque Project: Version 2.0

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