(Another fine point: This is
slightly less than the central estimate of 43 cm for the A1FI scenario that was reported in the media, taken from earlier drafts of the SPM, because those 43 cm was not the
sum of the individual best estimates for the different contributing factors, but rather it was the mid-point of the uncertainty range, which is
slightly higher as some uncertainties are skewed towards high values.)
Using the UW data, an internal carbon tax of $ 20 per ton (as per Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's 2018 proposal) would amount to
slightly less than $ 500,000, a very small
sum for a university with an operating budget of over $ 7 billion.