The Need for Multiple Types of Information to Inform Climate Change Assessment

• Tác giả: Michael Toman
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 304.25 Climatic and weather factors
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 327454
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCELERATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 2. ACIDITY; 3. ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 4. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; 5. AGRICULTURAL LANDS

Tóm tắt

Information on ecosystem characteristics as well as economic statistics is needed to more fully inform decision makers on the impacts of climate change on human well-being. Climate change risks involve potentially large and irreversible as well as highly uncertain impacts that need to be evaluated with information that complements cost-benefit analysis. Information on the irreversibility of impacts also is relevant for evaluating implications for intergenerational equity. In addition, climate change is subject to a large degree of Knightian uncertainty, making it useful to understand how individuals perceive and evaluate climate change risks.