The stern review on the economics of climate change: Contents, insights and assessment of the critical debate

Sapiens

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-41

  Godard, O ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate policies; Cost benefit analysis; Discounting; Future studies; Global climate change; Integrated assessment; Mitigation strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349091514     PISSN: 19933800     EISSN: 19933819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/sapiens-1-17-2008     Document Type: Review

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