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The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could be perceived as a non degradable stock pollutant which causes unknown environmental costs. In view of designing commonly agreed (globally negotiated) regulatory strategies against a perceived but on its scale unknown threat the problem is one of preserving regulatory options, and placing values on the preservation of such options before irreversible but uncertain damage can occur.
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Gottinger, H.W. (1998). Uncertainty, Value of Information and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In: Global Environmental Economics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5435-6_9
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