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Risk management and climate change

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  • Howard Kunreuther

    (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

  • Geoffrey Heal

    (Columbia Business School)

  • Myles Allen

    (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)

  • Ottmar Edenhofer

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change)

  • Christopher B. Field

    (Carnegie Institution for Science)

  • Gary Yohe

    (Wesleyan University)

Abstract

Climate change studies rarely yield consensus on the probability distribution of exposure, vulnerability, or possible outcomes, and therefore the evaluation of alternative policy strategies is difficult. This Perspective highlights the importance of decision-making tools designed for situations where generally agreed-upon probability distributions are not available and stakeholders show different degrees of risk tolerance.

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  • Howard Kunreuther & Geoffrey Heal & Myles Allen & Ottmar Edenhofer & Christopher B. Field & Gary Yohe, 2013. "Risk management and climate change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(5), pages 447-450, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate1740
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1740
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    JEL classification:

    • C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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