Integrated assessment models compare the costs of greenhouse gas mitigation with damages from climate change to evaluate the social welfare implications of climate policy proposals and inform optimal emissions reduction trajectories. However, these models have been criticized for lacking a strong empirical basis for their damage functions, which do little to alter assumptions of sustained gross domestic product (GDP) growth, even under extreme temperature scenarios.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/temperature-impacts-economic-growth-warrant-stringent-mitigation-policy
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/frances-c-moore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/delavane-b-diaz
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emission-targets
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economic-development
