Social Cost of Carbon Overestimated

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The social cost of carbon, a crucial tool for setting climate policy, omits key effects

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The social cost of carbon, a crucial tool for setting climate policy, omits key effects, study says.

When included, the SCC increases to just over $280 per ton of CO2 emitted in 2020 -- more than double the average published in the academic literature.

The U.S. , Germany , Canada and several states all have official SCC estimates used for policy making.

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