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I’d like to concentrate on three topics related to global climate change. Previous presentations have contained very important lessons on the timescales involved in global warming and the value of investing in additional information before taking action. I would like to draw out and emphasize these lessons.
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Montgomery, W.D. (1991). Benefit-Cost Analysis. In: White, J.C., Wagner, W., Beal, C.N. (eds) Global Climate Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2914-5_18
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