The Economics of Climate Change: a Primer

The Economics of Climate Change: a Primer

April 2003

Preface

Contents

1. Summary and Introduction
1
2. The Scientific and Historical Context
5
3. The Economics of Climate Change
23
4. Trade-Offs Among Policy Options
35
5. International Coordination of Climate Policy
43
Appendix
 
  • Economic Models and Climate Policy
    53
References
57

Figures

  1. The Atmospheric Energy Budget and the Greenhouse Effect
    6
  2. Carbon Dioxide and Temperature
    8
  3. The Carbon Cycle
    10
  4. Uncertainty in Projections of Regional Population and Economic Growth
    13
  5. Uncertainty in Projections of Regional Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Emissions Intensity
    14
  6. Range of Uncertainty in Economic and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Projections
    16
  7. Historical and Projected Climate Change
    17

Boxes

  1. Discounting and the Distant Future
    28
  2. An Example of Integrated Assessment
    30

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