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The uncertainty about the total economic impact of climate change

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posted on 2023-06-08, 14:36 authored by Richard TolRichard Tol
This paper uses a vote-counting procedure to estimate the probability density function of the total economic impact as a parabolic function of global warming. There is a wide range of uncertainty about the impact of climate change up to 3°C, and the information becomes progressively more diffuse beyond that. Warming greater than 3°C most likely has net negative impacts, and warming greater than 7°C may lead to a total welfare loss. The expected value of the social cost of carbon is about $29/tC in 2015 and rises at roughly 2% per year.

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  • Published

Journal

Environmental and Resource Economics

ISSN

0924-6460

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Issue

1

Volume

53

Page range

97-116

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  • Economics Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-03-15

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