Is climate change concerning because of its expected damages, or the risk that damages could be very high? Climate are uncertain, in particular they depend on whether accumulation greenhouse gas emissions will trigger a tipping point. In this article, we investigate how much contributes to Social Cost Carbon presence point inducing higher-damage regime. To do so, decompose effect as an increase...

BACKGROUND Although there is substantial epidemiological evidence implicating cold homes in death and morbidity, evidence for the UK on the nature and scale of the costs involved is fragmentary. Policy making in this area is thus not well-informed of the benefit of interventions which arises in the form of costs averted. METHODS This pilot study presents estimates of the social cost of harms ...