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Do We Need A Zero Pure Time Preference or the Risk of Climate Catastrophes to Justify A 2°C Global Warming Target?

This paper confronts the wide political support for the 2C objective of global increase in temperature, reaffirmed in Copenhagen, with the consistent set of hypotheses on which it relies. It explains why neither an almost zero pure time preference...

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Main Authors: Dumas, P., Hourcade, J. C., Fabert, B. Perrissin
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABATEMENT COST
ABATEMENT COSTS
ABATEMENT POLICIES
ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE
ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE EFFECT
ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION
ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS
BASELINE EMISSIONS
BIOSPHERE
CAPITAL STOCKS
CAPITAL TURNOVER
CARBON
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DYNAMICS
CARBON EMISSIONS
CARBON FLOWS
CARBON INTENSITY
CARBON PRICES
CARBON SAVING TECHNOLOGIES
CARBON-CYCLE MODEL
CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE
CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE DAMAGE
CLIMATE MITIGATION
CLIMATE MODEL
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE POLICIES
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CO2
COST OF ABATEMENT
COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE
COST-BENEFIT
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COST-BENEFIT FRAMEWORK
DEEP OCEAN
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCOUNT FACTOR
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCOUNT RATES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ECOSYSTEM
EMISSION
EMISSION ABATEMENT
EMISSIONS ABATEMENT
EMISSIONS PATHWAYS
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
EXTREME VALUES
GHG
GHGS
GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE
GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE VARIATION
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
GLOBAL WARMING
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE
INTEREST RATE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
IPCC
LAND-USE CHANGE
LEVEL OF EMISSIONS
MONETARY VALUES
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
RADIATIVE FORCING
RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE
RESERVOIRS
SCENARIOS
SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
SURFACE OCEAN
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
TEMPERATURE RANGE
TEMPERATURE RISES
TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS
TEMPERATURES
UTILITY FUNCTION
VALUE OF CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
WELFARE FUNCTION
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100730104858
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3876

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100730104858
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3876

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