Research >> Climate change
Willingness to sacrifice for climate mitigation in representative samples of Indian adults.
- Topics: Climate change
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Optimal climate policy and the future of world economic development
- Topics: Climate change, Environment
How much should present generations sacrifice to reduce emissions today, in order to reduce the future harms of climate change? Within climate economics, debate on this question has been focused on so called "ethical parameters" of social time preference and...Read More..
A large literature considers the optimal size and growth rate of the human population, trading o the utility value of additional people with the costs of a larger population. In this literature, an important parameter is the social weight placed...Read More..
Smaller human population in 2100 could importantly reduce the risk of climate catastrophe
- Topics: Climate change
This letter explores whether the effects of a counterfactual reduction in the size of the 2100 population by 1 billion have important consequences for wellbeing because of effects on climate change?...Read More..