The Need for Multiple Types of Information to Inform Climate Change Assessment

Information on ecosystem characteristics as well as economic statistics is needed to more fully inform decision makers on the impacts of climate change on human well-being. Climate change risks involve potentially large and irreversible as well as...

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Main Author:	Toman, Michael
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCELERATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACIDITY ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LANDS AIR AIR CONDITIONING ALLOCATION ALLOWANCE AMAZON FOREST ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS CALCULATION CAPITAL SERVICES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATIC CATASTROPHE CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COASTAL WETLANDS COMPLEMENTS COST ANALYSIS COST OF CARBON COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DAMAGE FUNCTION DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DEEP UNCERTAINTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DIVERGENCE ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGICAL VALUATION ECOLOGICAL VALUE ECOLOGISTS ECOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODEL ECONOMIC VALUATION ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEM VALUATION ECOSYSTEMS EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSIONS EMISSIONS MITIGATION ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION ENVIRONMENTS EVALUATION CRITERIA EVOLUTION EXISTENCE VALUES EXPENDITURES EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEASIBILITY FORESTS FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GLACIERS GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE DAMAGE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HUMAN IMPACTS ICE ICE SHEETS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRREVERSIBILITY LAND ECONOMICS LAND USE LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE MARGINAL COST METHANE MONETARY VALUATION MORTALITY RISK NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL SYSTEMS NATURE NEGATIVE IMPACTS PARTICULATES PESTS POLICY ANALYSIS PP PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH PREFERENCES PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RADIATION REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ECONOMICS RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SAFE MINIMUM STANDARD SCENARIOS SEA LEVEL RISE SHADOW PRICES SOCIAL COST OF CARBON SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SUBSTITUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPORAL SCALES THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TOTAL COST UNCERTAIN FUTURE CLIMATE UNCERTAIN IMPACTS UNCERTAINTIES VARIETY VULNERABLE ECONOMIES WEALTH WELFARE ECONOMICS WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20356974/need-multiple-types-information-inform-climate-change-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20622