Jim Manzi: Conservatives, Climate Change, and the Carbon Tax

By getting past denial and taking a science-based approach to the issue, clever conservative candidates could take a principled stand that pays major tactical dividends.

FT.com | Brussels Blog | Paying the climate change bill

The report assesses six recent studies, ranging from the Stern Review and a World Bank analysis to research prepared by Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company. In these reports, the average annual global costs for mitigating and adapting to climate change are put at anything from €230bn to €614bn, based on 2006 data.