Kyoto Protocol: Because we're worth it

A key objection raised by opponents of the Kyoto Protocol is that compliance to the target of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by 5.3% by 2012 would impose an unacceptable economic burden. Based on an analysis of alternative scenarios for electricity generation over the next ten years, De Leo et al. conclude that if the costs in terms of damage to human health, material goods, agriculture and the environment caused by greenhouse gas emissions are included in the equation, the economic argument against Kyoto is untenable.

Carbon emissions: The economic benefits of the Kyoto Protocol
GIULIO A. DE LEO, LUCA RIZZI, ANDREA CAIZZI & MARINO GATTO
Nature 413, 478-479 (4 October 2001)
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