Social cost of climate change too low, scientists say

Monday, January 12, 2015 - 11:00 in Mathematics & Economics

The economic damage caused by a ton of CO2 emissions-often referred to as the "social cost of carbon-could actually be six times higher than the value that the United States uses to guide current energy regulations, and possibly future mitigation policies, Stanford scientists say.

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