Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-34).
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MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
2003
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/36462019-04-10T09:30:16Z Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis Jacoby, Henry D. Prinn, Ronald G. QC981.8.C5 M58 no.1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-34). Abstract in HTML and technical report in HTML and PDF available on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change website (http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/). Achieving agreement about whether and how to control greenhouse gas emissions would be difficult enough even if the consequences were fully known. Unfortunately, choices must be made in the face of great uncertainty, about both likely climate effects and the costs of control. Because several of the greenhouse gases have residence times of decades to centuries, any economic and environmental consequences are for practical purposes irreversible on those time scales. On the other hand, the commitment of resources to emissions control also has an irreversible aspect: investment foregone leaves a permanent legacy of reduced human welfare. Neither of the extreme positions, to take urgent action now or do nothing awaiting firm evidence, is a constructive response to the climate threat. Responsible treatment of this issue leads to a difficult position somewhere in between. 2003-10-24T14:58:03Z 2003-10-24T14:58:03Z 1994-12 no. 1 http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a1 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3646 eng Report no. 1 34 p. 585339 bytes application/pdf application/pdf MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change |
| spellingShingle | QC981.8.C5 M58 no.1 Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis |
| title | Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis |
| title_full | Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis |
| title_fullStr | Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis |
| title_short | Uncertainty in climate change policy analysis |
| title_sort | uncertainty in climate change policy analysis |
| topic | QC981.8.C5 M58 no.1 |
| url | http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a1 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3646 |