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The structure of economic modeling of the potential impacts of climate change

The Structure of Economic Modeling of the Potential Impacts of Climate change: Grafting Gross Underestimation of Risk onto Already Narrow Science Models / Nicholas Stern. Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 51, N° 3, pp. 838-859, September 2013

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aea/jel/2013/00000051/00000003/art00006

Author’s abstract :

Scientists describe the scale of the risks from unmanaged climate change as potentially immense. However, the scientific models, because they omit key factors that are hard to capture precisely, appear to substantially underestimate these risks. Many economic models add further gross underassessment of risk because the assumptions built into the economic modeling on growth, damages and risks, come close to assuming directly that the impacts and costs will be modest and close to excluding the possibility of catastrophic outcomes. A new generation of models is needed in all three of climate science, impact and economics with a still stronger focus on lives and livelihoods, including the risks of large-scale migration and conflicts.


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Danièle Revel (10 octobre 2013). The structure of economic modeling of the potential impacts of climate change. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 25 juin 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/oam0


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