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The scientific community has reached near universal agreement that human economic activity has a discernible impact on the global climate system and that warming of the climate system is unequivocal. The risks of climate change are real and the damages may be irreversible.

The articles collected on this website demonstrate that there is rigorous economic support for immediate, large-scale policy responses. The economics literature justifies immediate action to minimize the risks of climate change.

RealClimateEconomics.org begins with a guide to the peer-reviewed literature, which has played a prominent role in climate debates. In the future we hope to add coverage of recent policy reports and proposals.

RealClimateEconomics.org is a project of Economics for Equity and the Environment Network (E3) and Ecotrust. Editorial decisions for RealClimateEconomics.org are made in consultation with climate experts from E3 Network’s Climate Economics taskforce.

RealClimateEconomics.org was made possible by a grant from The Energy Foundation