Global impact functions and the social cost of emissions.
This lecture will explain how we assign a present monetary value to the future climate impacts of today’s greenhouse gas emissions, emphasising the importance of scenarios; equity and welfare; the notion of discounting future harms and benefits; bottom-up versus top-down, and model-based versus empirical, approaches to quantifying global economic impact; and dealing with uncertainty and risk. We’ll discuss the challenge of monetising irreversible impacts such as species extinction, including the (special?) case in which the species in question is Homo Sapiens.
Date:
11 February 2019, 14:00 (Monday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Venue:
Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details:
Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Prof Myles Allen (School of Geography and the Environment)
Organiser:
Oxford Climate Society
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Chris White,
Helen Morley,
Donna Palfreman
