Message-ID: <343310C7.B2C1E24@athens.net> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 19:11:04 -0800 From: "B. Diamond" <mailto:bdiamond@athens.net> Subject: [Fwd: INFOTERRA: All: NOBEL ECONOMISTS' STATEMENT ON GLOBAL To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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Over 2000 American economists and all six of America's Nobel Laureates in Economics signed this statement:
"ECONOMISTS' STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE" -- Feb. 13, 1997
We the undersigned agree that:
I. The review conducted by a distinguished international panel of scientists under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has determined that "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." As economists, we believe that global climate change carries with it significant environmental, economic, social, and geopolitical risks, and that preventive steps are justified.
II. Economics studies have found that there are many potential policies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions for which the total benefits outweigh the total costs. For the United States in particular, sound economic analysis shows that there are policy options that would slow climate change without harming American living standards, and these measures may in fact improve U.S. productivity in the longer run.
III. The most efficient approach to slowing climate change is through market-based policies. In order for the world to achieve its climatic objectives at minimum cost, a cooperative approach among nations is required -- such as an international emissions trading agreement. The United States and other nations can most efficiently implement their climate policies through market mechanisms, such as carbon taxes or the auction of emissions permits. The revenues generated from such policies can effectively be used to reduce the deficit or to lower existing taxes."
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-- The six Nobel Laureates are: Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University; Gerard Debreu, University of California at Berkeley; John C. Harsanyi, University of California at Berkeley; Lawrence R. Klein, Pennsylvania State University; Robert M. Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and James Tobin, Yale University. The project's five organizers are: Arrow and Solow, plus Dale W. Jorgenson, Harvard University; Paul R. Krugman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and William D. Nordhaus, Yale University. - message sent by mailto:infoterra@cedar.univie.ac.at to signoff from the list, send an email to mailto:majordomo@cedar.univie.ac.at the message body should read unsubscribe infoterra mailto:your@email.address -
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