38. Richard Tol on Climate Economics: the cost of carbon, geoengineering & IPCC

Challenging Climate

English - June 13, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Richard S.J. Tol is a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Sussex and the Professor of the Economics of Climate Change, Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is also the author of Climate Economics: Economic Analysis of Climate, Climate Change and Climate Policy. In this episode, Tol breaks down climate economics – the economic and social costs and benefits of carbon. We also discuss the case for geoengineering and his criticisms on IPCC.

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Richard Tol’s profile Richard’s article, The Economic Impacts of Climate Change

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