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A Calderónian commission

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A new alliance of top research institutions will tailor investigations into the economics of climate change to those best placed to act. Anna Petherick reports.

To ask Felipe Calderón, chairman of the newly formed Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, to name the most effective thing he did at the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Cancún is to misunderstand the extent of his efforts. Calderón, who was Mexico's president during the 2010 meeting, received a 3 am standing ovation for having deftly ushered the negotiations towards agreement. So what did he learn that will help in his present role with the Commission? Seeming more anthropologist than former head of state, he begins, “One important lesson was to try to put ourselves in the shoes of the other.”

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Figure 1: The number of articles containing either the phrase 'climate change' or 'global warming' appearing in five top economics journals since 1990.

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