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Cambiando de perspectiva en la economía de la mitigación del cambio climático

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  • Alejandro Mora-Motta
  • Nohra León Rodríguez

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Este artículo plantea una discusión de las corrientes de la economía que han abordado la relación entre el cambio climático (CC) con el sistema económico. Se realiza un análisis crítico de la economía del bienestar, que ve el CC como una externalidad y se enfoca en el valor presente el bienestar futuro por medio de la tasa social de descuento, y se plantea un giro hacia la economía ecológica, fundamentada en la sostenibilidad fuerte, la incertidumbre irreductible y una base normativa diferente. Con esto, se cuestiona la relevancia del crecimiento del consumo como fundamento del desarrollo. Al final del artículo, se enfatiza sobre la importancia de este giro para la investigación y la evaluación de la política climática. ***** This paper presents a discussion of the economic theories that have addressed the relationship between climate change (CC) and the economic system. The document critically analyses the welfare economics viewpoint, which sees CC as an externality and focuses on the present value of future welfare by using a social discount rate. We propose a shift towards ecological economics, which is founded on strong sustainability, the irreducibility of uncertainty, and a different normative basis. As such, we discuss the relevancy of growth consumption as a fundament for development. The paper concludes by emphasizing the relevance of this shift for climate research and policy evaluation.

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  • Alejandro Mora-Motta & Nohra León Rodríguez, 2017. "Cambiando de perspectiva en la economía de la mitigación del cambio climático," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID, vol. 36(70), pages 169-195, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000093:015070
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    Keywords

    cambio climático; inequidad intergeneracional; tasa de descuento; incertidumbre; sustituibilidad.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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