Uncertainty in analyzing climate change
Subtitle: policy implications
Series: CBO paper; CBO papers
Publisher: Congressional Budget Office
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Notes: "January 2005."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via Internet from the CBO web site. Viewed: 01/27/2005.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Background and introduction; title: Scientific and economic sources of uncertainty; title: Uncertainty affecting costs; title: Uncertainty affecting benefits; title: Problems in valuation; title: Agriculture: data gaps remain; title: Health: questions about valuing lives saved; title: Human settlements and ecosystems: valuing damages to nonmarketed goods and services; title: Catastrophic damages: expert opinions vary widely; title: The usefulness of subjective estimates; title: Problems in aggregation; title: Problems in comparing present costs and future damages; title: Problems in determining the appropriate level of risk reduction; title: Problems in aggregating costs and benefits across regions; title: Policy implications; title: Research and Development; title: Mitigation; title: Adaption.