Now they're being used by the new IMPACT2C project, which is looking to provide new estimates for the impact and economic cost of climate change in Europe if global warming is limited to the international goal of no more than 2 degrees Celsius, relative to Western European pre-industrial levels. (bluebird-electric.net)
Let's examine the implications of a low climate sensitivity for two policy - relevant quantities: temperatures increase in the 21st century and the expected economic costs of climate change (the social cost of carbon). (niskanencenter.org)
Prof Wadhams is co-author of the controversial Nature paper which calculated the potential economic costs of climate change based on a scenario of 50 Gigatonnes (Gt) of methane being released this century from melting permafrost at the East Siberia Arctic Shelf (ESAS), a vast region of shallow - water covered continental crust. (theguardian.com)