claim: While preventing global warming is relatively cheap, economists can't even accurately estimate the accelerating costs of climate damages if we continue with business-as-usual.
evidences.evidence_id: Carbon tax:4
evidences.article: Carbon tax
evidences.evidence: Economists generally argue that carbon taxes are the most efficient and effective way to curb climate change, with the least adverse effects on the economy.
evidences.votes: REFUTES REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Economics of global warming:415
evidences.article: Economics of global warming
evidences.evidence: No models suggest that the optimal policy is to do nothing, i.e., allow "business-as-usual" emissions.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Effects of global warming:257
evidences.article: Effects of global warming
evidences.evidence: Researchers have warned that current economic modeling may seriously underestimate the impact of potentially catastrophic climate change and point to the need for new models that give a more accurate picture of potential damages.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Stern Review:213
evidences.article: Stern Review
evidences.evidence: Economists have different views over the cost estimates of climate change mitigation given in the Review.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Stern Review:57
evidences.article: Stern Review
evidences.evidence: Some economists have argued that the Review overestimates the present value of the costs of climate change, and underestimates the costs of emission reduction.
evidences.votes: REFUTES SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO