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DOI | 10.1038/s41558-023-01681-w |
Philosophers and economists agree on climate policy paths but for different reasons | |
Nesje, Frikk; Drupp, Moritz A.; Freeman, Mark C.; Groom, Ben | |
发表日期 | 2023 |
ISSN | 1758-678X |
EISSN | 1758-6798 |
起始页码 | 515 |
结束页码 | + |
卷号 | 13期号:6 |
英文摘要 | Economists often dominate public climate policy discussions, such as those on the proper social discount rate and optimal climate pathways. This Article shows that philosophers, experts in underlying ethical matters, generally agree with economists but put more weight on various normative considerations. The estimated value to society from climate change mitigation is highly sensitive to the long-term social discount rate. Governmental discounting guidance has almost exclusively been influenced by economists, although it is not clear that they possess any special expertise on intergenerational ethics. Here, by contrast, we report the views of philosophers, who are the most trained in ethical matters. We show that, as a group, these experts offer strong support for a real social discount rate of 2%, a value that is also predominantly backed by economists. We find multidisciplinary support for climate policy paths in line with the United Nations climate targets when views on discounting determinants are applied within a recent update of the DICE integrated assessment model. However, this apparent agreement hides important differences in views on how the ethics of intergenerational welfare can be better incorporated into climate policy evaluation. |
英文关键词 | SOCIAL COST; RELATIVE PRICES; RATES; TIME |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000995255800002 |
来源期刊 | Nature Climate Change |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/282511 |
作者单位 | University of Copenhagen; Ifo Institut; University of Hamburg; University of Hamburg; University of York - UK; University of Exeter; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nesje, Frikk,Drupp, Moritz A.,Freeman, Mark C.,et al. Philosophers and economists agree on climate policy paths but for different reasons[J],2023,13(6). |
APA | Nesje, Frikk,Drupp, Moritz A.,Freeman, Mark C.,&Groom, Ben.(2023).Philosophers and economists agree on climate policy paths but for different reasons.Nature Climate Change,13(6). |
MLA | Nesje, Frikk,et al."Philosophers and economists agree on climate policy paths but for different reasons".Nature Climate Change 13.6(2023). |
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