Unmask temporal trade-offs in climate policy debates

2017/05/04 by Ilissa Ocko, Steven P. Hamburg, Daniel J. Jacob +6 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics #Climate Change Policy and Economics #Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

paper · doi:10.1126/science.aaj2350

openalex publication_date 2017/05/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

Both 20- and 100-year time scales should always be reported

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