Valuing climate damages : updating estimation of the social cost of carbon dioxide /

Valuing climate damages : updating estimation of the social cost of carbon dioxide /

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"The social cost of carbon (SC-CO2) is an economic metric intended to provide a comprehensive estimate of the net damages - that is, the monetized value of the net impacts, both negative and positive - from the global climate change that results from a small (1-metric ton) increase in carbon-di...

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Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Assessing Approaches to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Board on Environmental Change and Society (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Mathematical models
Climatic changes > Mathematical models
Greenhouse gases > Mathematical models
Table of Contents:
  • Framework for estimating the social cost of carbon
  • Socioeconomic module
  • Climate module
  • Damages module
  • Discounting module
  • Long-term research needs
  • References
  • Appendix A. Biographical sketches of Committee members and staff
  • Appendix B. Presentations to the Committee
  • Appendix C. Elicitation of expert opinion
  • Appendix D. Global growth data and projections
  • Appendix E. Comparison of a simple earth system model to existing SC-IAMs
  • Appendix F. Empirical equation for estimating ocean acidification
  • Appendix G. Damage model-specific improvement opportunities
  • Introduction
  • Framework for estimating the social cost of carbon
  • Socioeconomic module
  • Climate module
  • Damages module
  • Discounting module
  • Long-term research needs
  • References
  • Appendix A. Biographical sketches of Committee members and staff
  • Appendix B. Presentations to the Committee
  • Appendix C. Elicitation of expert opinion
  • Appendix D. Global growth data and projections
  • Appendix E. Comparison of a simple earth system model to existing SC-IAMs
  • Appendix F. Empirical equation for estimating ocean acidification
  • Appendix G. Damage model-specific improvement opportunities

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