A large discrepancy exists between the dire impacts that most natural scientists project we
could face from climate change and the modest estimates of damages calculated by …

Estimates of climate change's economic impacts vary widely, depending on the applied
methodology. This uncertainty is a barrier for policymakers seeking to quantify the benefits of …

Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

Estimates of the social cost of carbon are the yardstick for climate policy targets. However,
there is great uncertainty and we do not know how estimates have evolved over time. Here I …

Designing policy for climate change requires analyses which integrate the interrelationship
between the economy and the environment. We argue that, despite their dominance in the …

Migration is a widely used adaptation strategy to climate change impacts. Yet resource
constraints caused by such impacts may limit the ability to migrate, thereby leading to …

Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. However,
climate policies could impose a financial burden on the global poor through increased …

Abstract The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to improve the lives of
people, increase prosperity, and protect the planet. Given the large number of goals …

Existing estimates of optimal climate policy ignore the possibility that carbon tax revenues
could be used in a progressive way; model results therefore typically imply that near-term …

As climate change progresses, the risk of adverse impacts on vulnerable populations is
growing. As governments seek increased and drastic action, policymakers are likely to seek …