<p>What exactly is the social cost of carbon? What should policymakers do in the face of uncertainty surrounding its value?  Is a global carbon tax a good response to global warming? This episode addresses these questions. It considers the problems policymakers face when confronting a range of potential catastrophes – as happened in 2020. Should countries plan for each potential disaster as a separate event?</p>

What exactly is the social cost of carbon? What should policymakers do in the face of uncertainty surrounding its value? Is a global carbon tax a good response to global warming? This episode addresses these questions. It considers the problems policymakers face when confronting a range of potential catastrophes – as happened in 2020. Should countries plan for each potential disaster as a separate event?

<p>What exactly is the social cost of carbon? What should policymakers do in the face of uncertainty surrounding its value? &nbsp;Is a global carbon tax a good response to global warming? This episode addresses these questions. It considers the problems policymakers face when confronting a range of potential catastrophes – as happened in 2020. Should countries plan for each potential disaster as a separate event?</p>

Tackling the Social Cost of Carbon

In the Tell Me How podcast, host Roumeen Islam chats with experts on how to put policies in place to raise standards of living -sustainably. How do you get people to cooperate when needed, while they compete and innovate? How do technology and policy work together for better lives- both richer and equitable? Find out how! Subscribe to the Tell Me How infrastructure podcast and get insights you can act on.

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