Climate Change and Global Equity

Frank Ackerman; Elizabeth A. Stanton

Ambitious measures to reduce carbon emissions are all too rare in reality, impeded by economic and political concerns rather than technological advances. In this timely collection of essays, Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton show that the impact of inaction on climate change will be far worse than the cost of ambitious climate policies.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Introduction
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Publication History
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Part I - Perspectives on Climate and Equity
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Chapter 1 - Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces
pp 3-12
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Chapter 2 - Carbon Markets Are Not Enough
pp 13-20
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Chapter 3 - Modeling Pessimism: Does Climate Stabilization Require a Failure of Development?
pp 21-36
- By Elizabeth A. Stanton
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Chapter 4 - The Tragedy of Maldistribution: Climate, Sustainability and Equity
pp 37-54
- By Elizabeth A. Stanton
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Part II - Analyses of Climate Damages
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Chapter 5 - Climate Impacts on Agriculture: A Challenge to Complacency?
pp 57-66
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Chapter 6 - Did the Stern Review Underestimate US and Global Climate Change?
pp 67-78
- By Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton, Chris Hope, Stephane Alberth
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Chapter 7 - Can Climate Change Save Lives? A Comment on “Economy-Wide Estimates of the Implications of Climate Change: Human Health”
pp 79-90
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Part III - Theory and Methods of Integrated Assessment
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Chapter 8 - Inside the Integrated Assessment Models: Four Issues in Climate Economics
pp 93-114
- By Elizabeth A. Stanton, Frank Ackerman, Sivan Kartha
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Chapter 9 - Limitations of Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change
pp 115-132
- By Frank Ackerman, Stephen J. DeCanio, Richard B. Howarth, Kristen Sheeran
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Chapter 10 - Negishi Welfare Weights in Integrated Assessment Models: The Mathematics of Global Inequality
pp 133-148
- By Elizabeth A. Stanton
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Part IV - Applications of Integrated Assessment Models
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Chapter 11 - Climate Risks and Carbon Prices: Revising the Social Cost of Carbon
pp 151-168
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Chapter 12 - Epstein–Zin Utility in DICE: Is Risk Aversion Irrelevant to Climate Policy?
pp 169-182
- By Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton, Ramón Bueno
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Chapter 13 - Fat Tails, Exponents, Extreme Uncertainty: Simulating Catastrophe in DICE
pp 183-202
- By Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton, Ramón Bueno
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Chapter 14 - Climate Damages in the FUND Model: A Disaggregated Analysis
pp 203-216
- By Frank Ackerman, Charles Munitz
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Chapter 15 - Climate Policy and Development: An Economic Analysis
pp 217-230
- By Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton, Ramón Bueno
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Appendix - Supplementary Data for Chapter 3
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Notes
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References
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Introduction
pp vii-x

Publication History
pp xi-xii

Part I - Perspectives on Climate and Equity
pp 1-2

Chapter 1 - Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces
pp 3-12

Chapter 2 - Carbon Markets Are Not Enough
pp 13-20

Chapter 3 - Modeling Pessimism: Does Climate Stabilization Require a Failure of Development?
pp 21-36

Chapter 4 - The Tragedy of Maldistribution: Climate, Sustainability and Equity
pp 37-54

Part II - Analyses of Climate Damages
pp 55-56

Chapter 5 - Climate Impacts on Agriculture: A Challenge to Complacency?
pp 57-66

Chapter 6 - Did the Stern Review Underestimate US and Global Climate Change?
pp 67-78

Chapter 7 - Can Climate Change Save Lives? A Comment on “Economy-Wide Estimates of the Implications of Climate Change: Human Health”
pp 79-90

Part III - Theory and Methods of Integrated Assessment
pp 91-92

Chapter 8 - Inside the Integrated Assessment Models: Four Issues in Climate Economics
pp 93-114

Chapter 9 - Limitations of Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change
pp 115-132

Chapter 10 - Negishi Welfare Weights in Integrated Assessment Models: The Mathematics of Global Inequality
pp 133-148

Part IV - Applications of Integrated Assessment Models
pp 149-150

Chapter 11 - Climate Risks and Carbon Prices: Revising the Social Cost of Carbon
pp 151-168

Chapter 12 - Epstein–Zin Utility in DICE: Is Risk Aversion Irrelevant to Climate Policy?
pp 169-182

Chapter 13 - Fat Tails, Exponents, Extreme Uncertainty: Simulating Catastrophe in DICE
pp 183-202

Chapter 14 - Climate Damages in the FUND Model: A Disaggregated Analysis
pp 203-216

Chapter 15 - Climate Policy and Development: An Economic Analysis
pp 217-230

Appendix - Supplementary Data for Chapter 3
pp 231-234

Notes
pp 235-248

References
pp 249-271

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