On welfare frameworks and catastrophic climate risks
"Recent theoretical work in the economics of climate change has suggested that climate policy is highly sensitive to ‘fat-tailed’ risks of catastrophic outcomes (Weitzman, 2009). Such risks are suggested to be an inevitable consequence of scientific uncertainty about the effects of increased gr...
Main Author: | Millner, Antony |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Munich
2013
CESifo |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19122460124919406429-on-welfare-frameworks-and-cata.htm |
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