Intergenerational Distribution of Costs and Benefits in Climate Change Policy
The intergenerational nature of climate change creates a fundamental policy problem regarding the distribution of costs and benefits. Economic activities today impose costs, in the form of environmental damage, on future generations. Conversely, policies to mitigate these effects require the current generation to bear the costs, while the benefits are primarily received by those in the future.
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