Some economics of 'dangerous' climate change: Reflections on the Stern Review

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 311-325

  Dietz, Simon ^a,b   Hope, Chris ^c   Patmore, Nicola ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophic climate change; Climate change; Cost benefit analysis; Dangerous climate change; Integrated assessment; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548580449     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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