Economically optimal risk reduction strategies in the face of uncertain climate thresholds

Climatic Change

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 29-41

  McInerney, David ^a   Keller, Klaus ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCES; CLIMATE MANAGEMENTS; CLIMATE SYSTEMS; CRUDE APPROXIMATIONS; EXPECTED UTILITIES; HUMAN SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; REDUCTION STRATEGIES; RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES; RISK REDUCTIONS; SAMPLE SIZES; SIMPLE MODELS; STOCHASTIC; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAIN CLIMATES; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 45749117727     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9137-z     Document Type: Article

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