Quantifying Economic Damages from Climate Change

Climate Change Policy: Quantifying Uncertainties for Damages and Optimal Carbon Taxes

Controversy surrounds climate change policy analyses because of uncertainties in climatic effects, impacts, mitigation costs and their distributions. Here ∗This research was conducted while the author was at the Institute for International Studies, Stanford University.

Will Climate Change Spark More Wildfire Damages?

Liability and Compensation for Climate Change Damages – a Legal and Economic Assessment

Richard S.J. Tol and Roda Verheyen a Centre for Marine and Climate Research, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany b Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands c Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA d Research Unit Environmental Law (FORUM), Faculty of Law, Hamburg University...

State responsibility and compensation for climate change damages—a legal and economic assessment

Customary international law has that countries may do each other no harm. A country violates this rule if an activity under its control does damage to another country, and if this is done on purpose or due to carelessness. Impacts of climate change fall under this rule, which is reinforced by many declarations and treaties, including the UNFCCC. Compensation for the harm done depends on many pa...

Quantifying Uncertainty in Climate Change Analyses

Uncertainty is a feature of any planning study, whether climate change is explicitly included or not. Accounting for and disclosing uncertainty is an established component of good planning practices. In water resources planning this has traditionally included uncertainties associated with natural climate and hydrologic variability, future population and economic conditions, and future technolog...