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CESP NEWS
December 4, 2006
Energy-saving opportunities identified in the recently released McKinsey report are a 'start smart' approach to global warming policy, says climate expert Stephen Schneider

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Stephen H. Schneider, (650) 725-9978, shs@stanford.edu

Originally appeared in New York Times, November 29, 2006

"The economy needs time to adjust, the politics takes time to gel and people need to understand and get use to change to really support the big moves," explains Stephen Schneider, in a recent New York Times article. The growth rate of worldwide energy consumption could be cut by more than half over the next 15 years through more aggressive energy-efficiency efforts by households and industry, according to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute.
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Stephen H. Schneider, PhD

Co-director, CESP; FSI Senior Fellow and Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor of Biological Sciences; Professor, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering
New York Times article
McKinsey Global Institute study