How Much Does Climate Change Cost? Biden Expected to Raise Carbon’s Dollar Value

In the NewsInside Climate NewsFebruary 19, 2021

How Much Does Climate Change Cost? Biden Expected to Raise Carbon’s Dollar Value

The administration is expected to temporarily increase the “social cost” of carbon, at least to the level set by Obama, but climate-concerned economists say that's not high enough.

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Updating the United States Government’s Social Cost of Carbon

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper

This paper outlines a two-step process to return the United States government’s Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) to the frontier of economics and climate science.

Published January 14, 2021

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