of climate policy. We also find that uncertainty leads to increases in both optimal mitigation and adaptation, with … adaptation and mitigation reacting differently to uncertainty over different parameters. Finally, our estimates of the social … appropriate utility functions, and including adaptation policies to climate change. These modifications ensure that two of the key …

uncertainties with downside risk as well as pursue precautionary mitigation. … climate change. The risk of uncertain and potentially irreversible catastrophes is an important issue related to the latter … benchmark integrated assessment model. This study moves beyond recent catastrophe or tipping point studies with arbitrary risk …

Developing Asia has the world's fastest greenhouse gas emissions growth. This study uses an economy … assumptions about international carbon markets and mitigation timing, with costs for 2°C scenarios doubling in the absence of … carbon trade, and increasing the later that mitigation is initiated. Under the 2°C scenarios, annual average energy supply …

This paper uses a global integrated assessment model to assess how developing Asia, the world's fastest-growing source …

Asia-and a substantial rise in renewable energy. The cost of the transition can be relatively low if mitigation efforts are …

This paper contributes to the normative literature on mitigation and adaptation by framing the question of their … mitigation. Our analysis also shows that adaptation transfers from and strategic unilateral commitments to adaptation in … to address with mitigation Our second conclusion is that supporting adaptation in developing countries should be …

could have a significant effect on risk mitigation. Finally, I discuss the possibility and feasibility of regulation by …Under the influence of climate-related extremes, the world is exposed to more and more catastrophe risks. Regulation by … insurance may help realize the goal of mitigating catastrophe risk and the following losses. I explore five regulatory tools …