%T Options for assessing the cost of climate change for adaptation policy in Victoria
%A Adriana Keating
%A John Handmer


%I Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research
%D 2013

%K Climate change, %K Economics, %K Climate change adaptation



%U https://apo.org.au/node/239181

%X This report has outlined the main tools available to economists for establishing estimates of the costs of climate change.  The challenges are compounded by issues such as: the valuation of intangibles;  distribution and equity considerations;  discounting;  deep uncertainties; and, the difficulty of incorporating low probability/high impact events.
%9 Working paper