Decision making under catastrophic risk and learning: The case of the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Climatic Change

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 193-209

  Guillerminet, M L ^a   Tol, R S J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

ANTARCTIC ICES; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; BACKWARD INDUCTIONS; CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES; CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES; CATASTROPHIC RISKS; DECISION MAKERS; EMISSION REDUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES; GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION CONTROLS; GREENHOUSE GASSES; OPTIMAL RATES; OPTIMISATION; POLICY INTERVENTIONS; RISK AVERSE; SEA LEVEL RISES; SOCIAL PLANNERS; WORST CASES;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; ICE SHEET; POLICY STRATEGY; PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 54949157265     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9447-4     Document Type: Article

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