Large potential reduction in economic damages under UN mitigation targets

International climate change agreements typically specify global warming thresholds as policy targets 1 , but the relative economic benefits of achieving these temperature targets remain poorly understood 2 , 3 . Uncertainties include the spatial pattern of temperature change, how global and regiona...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 557; no. 7706; pp. 549 - 553
Main Authors:	Burke, Marshall, Alampay Davis, W. Matthew, Diffenbaugh, Noah S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2018 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/106/694 704/844/2739 Climate change Climate change mitigation Constraining Costs Discount rates Economic aspects Economic growth Economics Environmental aspects Environmental policy Equality GDP General circulation models Global economy Global temperature changes Global temperatures Global warming Gross Domestic Product Humanities and Social Sciences Impact analysis Interest rates Letter multidisciplinary Profits Regional development Retirement benefits Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sea level rise Socioeconomics Temperature changes Temperature effects Uncertainty United States > US
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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