TY - Working paper AU - Adriana Keating AU - John Handmer PY - 2013 T1 - Options for assessing the cost of climate change for adaptation policy in Victoria PB - Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research DO - https://doi.org/APO-239181 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/239181 AB - 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. ER -