Scientists explore how to recalculate the social cost of carbon

Washington DC (UPI) Feb 19, 2021

President Joe Biden and his administration want to recalibrate the "social cost of carbon," a metric used to inform public policy decision making by putting a price on the non-market impacts of carbon emissions on the environment and human health. In a new paper, published Friday in the journal Nature, a group of researchers in the fields of economies, ethics and environmental science o