Steering the climate system: using inertia to lower the cost of policy: comment

Lemoine and Rudik (2017) argues that it is efficient to delay reducing carbon emissions, due to supposed inertia in the climate system's response to emissions. This conclusion rests upon misunderstanding the relevant earth system modeling: there is no substantial lag between CO2 emissions and w...

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Main Authors: Mattauch, L, Matthews, HD, Millar, R, Rezai, A, Solomon, S, Venmans, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association 2020