Improving the Assessment and Valuation of Climate Change Impacts for Policy and Regulatory Analysis: Modeling Climate Change Impacts and Associated Economic Damages
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Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, National Center for Environmental Economics
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Introduction
- Progress Toward a Social Cost of Carbon (Michael Greenstone, MIT)
(abstract (40.4K), presentation (2052.1K))
Session 1: Overview of Existing Integrated Assessment Models
- Overview of Integrated Assessment Models (Jae Edmonds, PNNL)
(presentation (932.4K))
Models Used for the Development of Current USG SCC Values
- DICE (Steve Newbold, EPA)
(abstract (95.7K), presentation (347.6K))
- PAGE (Christopher Hope, University of Cambridge)
(abstract (129.5K), presentation (440.8K))
- FUND (David Anthoff, University of California, Berkeley)
(abstract (355.8K), presentation (555.5K))
Representation of Climate Impacts in other Integrated Assessment Models
- GCAM and Development of iESM (Leon Clarke, PNNL)
(presentation (1379.3K))
- IGSM (John Reilly, MIT)
(abstract (251.9K), presentation (821.2K))
Session 2: Near-Term DOE and EPA Efforts
- Proposed Impacts Knowledge Platform (Bob Kopp, DOE, and Nisha Krishnan, RFF)
(presentation (837.6K))
- Proposed Generalized Modeling Framework (Alex Marten, EPA)
(presentation (280.6K))
Session 3: Critical Modeling Issues in Assessment and Valuation of Climate Change Impacts
- Sectoral and Regional Disaggregation and Interactions (Ian Sue Wing, Boston University)
(abstract (222.2K), presentation (412.2K))
- Adaptation and Technological Change (Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University, and Ian Sue Wing, Boston University)
(abstract (204.3K), presentation (911.9K))
- Multi-century Scenario Development and Socio-Economic Uncertainty (Brian O’Neill, National Center for Atmospheric Research)
(abstract (113K), presentation (948.2K))
- Incorporation of Climate System Uncertainty into IAMs (Gerard Roe, University of Washington)
(abstract (1966.6K), presentation (3815.4K))
- Extrapolation of Damage Estimates to High Temperatures: Damage Function Shapes (Marty Weitzman, Harvard University)
(abstract (73.2K))
- Earth System Tipping Points (Tim Lenton, University of East Anglia)
(abstract (723.5K), presentation (2765.8K))
- Potential Economic Catastrophes (Michael Toman, World Bank)
(abstract (244.2K), presentation (437.2K))
- Nonmarket Impacts (Michael Hanemann, University of California, Berkeley)
(presentation (286.7K))
Session 4: Implications for Climate Policy Analysis and Design
- Implications for Design and Benefit-Cost Analysis of Emission Reduction Policies (Ray Kopp, Resources for the Future)
(presentation (323K))
- Implications for Addressing Equity and Natural Capital Impacts (Geoff Heal, Columbia University)
(abstract (339.5K), presentation (381.4K))
- Implications for Choice of Policy Targets for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (Nat Keohane, Environmental Defense Fund)
(presentation (280.1K))
- Implications for Managing Climate Risks (Roger Cooke, Resources for the Future)
(abstract (141.8K), presentation (1216K))
Date Linked: 12/22/2010