The Social Cost of Carbon
Key Scientific and Policy Considerations for the Biden Administration
1:00 pm –
2:00 pm
Virtual
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On his first day in office, President Joe Biden took a number of early actions to address climate change, including signing an “Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” A key component of that order focuses on accounting for the benefits of reducing climate pollution—including revisiting and recommitting to the social cost of carbon (SCC), which estimates economic damages that would result from greenhouse gas emissions.
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This event originated in Environmental and Sustainability Studies.