intergenerational inequality aversion and for risk aversion. If growth increases (reduces) intra-generational inequality, the SDR is …

-form expressions of welfare loss from shocks and epistemological uncertainty identify the interaction of (intertemporal) risk attitude … is comparable to numeric models used in policy advising. Uncertainty surrounding climate change remains large. The closed …, distributional moments, and the climatic shadow values. Welfare gains from reducing uncertainty about temperature feedbacks are much …

. Uncertainty about the future rate of growth of the economy and emissions and the risk of macroeconomic disasters (tail risks) also …

making under uncertainty. It clarifies the distinct roles of risk aversion, prudence, characteristics of the damage … formulation, and future policy response. We show that an optimal response to uncertainty substantially reduces the risk premium. … the resulting warming over the next decades and centuries highly uncertain. We quantify how this uncertainty changes the …

-DICE2016, which is designed to address three key aspects of climateeconomy models: treatment of uncertainty, the use of more … difficulties identified with IAMs, the choice of the risk aversion parameter and the underestimation of damages, are also directly … parameters whose distributions have "fat tails". Uncertainty is accommodated via the state-contingent approach enabling us to …

growth rate impact if damages are presumably severe. We also study the effect of varying risk aversion and elasticity of … intertemporal substitution on our results. If damages are moderate for high temperatures, risk aversion only matters when climate … temperatures, then the results also become sensitive to risk aversion for both damage specifications. …

uncertainty over climate change and its impact, why there is so much uncertainty, and why we will continue to face uncertainty in … the near future. I also explain the policy implications of climate change uncertainty. First, the uncertainty … stronger actions to reduce CO2 emissions. Second, uncertainty interacts with two kinds of irreversibilities. First, CO2 remains …

reason, distinct from learning spillovers, is that reducing greenhouse gas emissions requires investment in long …