Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change
Abstract
Summary for policymakers 1. Introduction: scope of the assessment 2. Decision-making frameworks for addressing climate change 3. Equity and social considerations 4. Intertemporal equity, discounting and economic efficiency 5. Applicability of techniques of cost-benefit analysis to climate change 6. The social costs of climate change: greenhouse damage and the benefits of control 7. A generic assessment of response options 8. Estimating the costs of mitigating greenhouse gases 9. A review of mitigation cost studies 10. Integrated assessment of climate change: an overview and comparison of approaches and results 11. An economic assessment of policy instruments for combating climate change.
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