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The climate beta

The climate beta

a working paper by Simon Dietz, Louise Kessler, Christian Gollier 28 June, 2016

This paper examines the question of whether fighting climate change has the additional advantage of reducing the aggregate risk borne by future generations. This raises the question of the ‘climate beta’, i.e. the elasticity of climate damages with respect to a change in aggregate consumption. read more »


Climate change will ‘cost world far more than estimated’

Climate change will ‘cost world far more than estimated’

in the news Nicholas Stern, Simon Dietz 16 June, 2014

Lord Stern says current models do not adequately reflect the science and the impact on global economies The Independent


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New economic model shows risks from climate change are bigger than previously estimated

Press release 16 June, 2014

A new version of a standard economic model shows that the risks from unchecked climate change are bigger than previously estimated and strengthens the case for strong cuts in greenhouse … read more »


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Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus’ framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions

a working paper by Simon Dietz, Nicholas Stern 16 June, 2014

Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus’ framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions read more »