Upward revision of the social costs of methane and nitrous oxide
Upward revision of the social costs of methane and nitrous oxide | Nature Climate Change
A multi-model analysis shows that the incorporation of advances in damage functions — namely growth effects — substantially increases the social cost estimates of methane and nitrous oxide, although uncertainty remains.
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Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990 (Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, 2021);
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This is a summary of: Wang, T. & Teng, F. Damage function uncertainty increases the social cost of methane and nitrous oxide. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01803-4(2023).
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Upward revision of the social costs of methane and nitrous oxide. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01825-y
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