ApocaDocs: Stern urges switch to low carbon economy during downturn

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Posted Wed Nov 26 2008: from Telegraph.co.uk:


	Stern urges switch to low carbon economy during downturn http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1227732551 The author of the Government's 2006 report on climate change said that while demand is low, it is a good time to switch to "a more sustainable pattern of growth" by replacing fossil fuels with more renewables and clean energy, designing new technologies and improving energy efficiency. The former economist at the Treasury warned that previous growth on the back of the housing market boom or dot.com bubble have been unsustainable. However investment in renewables and low carbon energy could improve the economy in the long term.

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But then how will we grow the economy back to unsustainable levels?