Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, formulates a strong decarbonization narrative that calls on both research and public policy to tackle the “two defining challenges of this century [which] are overcoming poverty and managing climate change." At the core of Stern’s argument is the necessity to adopt a “more complementary understanding of the relationship between climate, growth and development”. Positive impacts on human health, the environment or production efficiency are among the important co-benefits of the transition to a low carbon economy. Stern sees potential to strengthen international climate cooperation based on greater coordination and mutual support if actors acknowledge these advantages of climate action and integrate them into domestic and international policy making.
