Articles

Articles in peer-reviewed journals are widely considered the gold standard for academic research. A survey of the peer-reviewed literature demonstrates that there is rigrous economic support for immediate, large-scale policy responses to the climate crisis.

The articles included here generally reflect and build on the following principles:

Risk and uncertainty are fundamental to the climate problem; the magnitude and the irreversibility of uncertain, but possible, worst-case climate impacts dominate the analysis of policy options.

the magnitude and the irreversibility of uncertain, but possible, worst-case climate impacts dominate the analysis of policy options. Ethics and equity are inseparable from economic analysis; there are deep questions of fairness between rich and poor today, and between present and future generations, at stake in the debate.

there are deep questions of fairness between rich and poor today, and between present and future generations, at stake in the debate. The severity of the problem and the scope of the required response are so great that marginal analysis of small changes and modest adjustments of market-based instruments are inadequate to the task of understanding and protecting the earth’s climate.

Our guide to the peer reviewed literature is organized by the topic areas below.