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03613aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 122FDC126B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 160331t20162016dcua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0309391458 020 $a 9780309391450 035 $a (OCoLC)945735765 040 $a NRC $b eng $e rda $c NRC $d IXA $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d KSU $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a TD885.5 C3 A87x 2016 245 00 $a Assessment of approaches to updating the social cost of carbon. $p Phase 1 report on a near-term update / $c Committee on Assessing Approaches to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon ; Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine. 264 1 $a Washington, D.C. : $b The National Academies Press, $c [2016] 300 $a x, 61 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 28 cm 520 1 $a "The social cost of carbon (SCC) for a given year is an estimate, in dollars, of the present discounted value of the damage caused by a 1-metric ton increase in CO2 emissions into the atmosphere in that year; or equivalently, the benefits of reducing CO2 emissions by the same amount in that given year. The SCC is intended to provide a comprehensive measure of the monetized value of the net damages from global climate change from an additional unit of CO2, including, but not limited to, changes in net agricultural productivity, energy use, human health effects, and property damages from increased flood risk. Federal agencies use the SCC to value the CO2 emissions impacts of various policies including emission and fuel economy standards for vehicles, regulations of industrial air pollutants from industrial manufacturing, emission standards for power plants and solid waste incineration, and appliance energy efficiency standards. There are significant challenges to estimating a dollar value that reflects all the physical, human, ecological, and economic impacts of climate change. Recognizing that the models and scientific data underlying the SCC estimates evolve and improve over time, the federal government made a commitment to provide regular updates to the estimates. To assist with future revisions of the SCC, the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Carbon (IWG) requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine complete a study that assessed the merits and challenges of a limited near-term update to the SCC and of a comprehensive update of the SCC to ensure that the estimates reflect the best available science. This interim report focuses on near-term updates to the SCC estimates"--Publisher's description. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-55). 505 0 $a Introduction -- Modeling the climate system within the broader SCC modeling structure -- Determining temperature changes in response to CO2 emissions -- Climate system modeling in the SCC-IAMs and the role of ECS -- Discussions, conclusions, and recommendations -- References -- Appendix A: Biographical sketches of committee members and staff -- Appendix B: Open meeting agenda. 650 0 $a Carbon dioxide mitigation. 650 0 $a Atmospheric carbon dioxide $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Greenhouse gas mitigation. 710 2 $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). $b Committee on Assessing Approaches to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826045849.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=122FDC126B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search