5 Quotes by Ottmar Edenhofer

Climate change is a global commons problem.

Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental protection, says the German economist and IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer. The next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the worlds resources will be negotiated.

Climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth.

There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual.

We cannot afford to lose another decade. If we lose another decade, it becomes extremely costly to achieve climate stabilization.