Comments on: In this week’s issue of Science: Bangladesh at the front lines of adaptation http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/10/in-this-weeks-issue-of-science-bangladesh-at-the-front-lines-of-adaptation/ Intersection of Nature and Culture Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Mason Inman http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/10/in-this-weeks-issue-of-science-bangladesh-at-the-front-lines-of-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Mason Inman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:06:37 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=579#comment-26 You can read my article, "Hot, Flat, Crowded—and Preparing for the Worst" in full on my website (reposted courtesy of Science): http://failinggracefully.com/?p=485 —Mason Inman You can read my article, “Hot, Flat, Crowded—and Preparing for the Worst” in full on my website (reposted courtesy of Science):

http://failinggracefully.com/?p=485

—Mason Inman

]]> By: Kim Smith http://www.globalchangeblog.com/2009/10/in-this-weeks-issue-of-science-bangladesh-at-the-front-lines-of-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Kim Smith Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:15:40 +0000 http://www.globalchangeblog.com/?p=579#comment-20 If I recall correctly, the Stern Review doesn't use a discount rate when calculating future costs/benefits. That's a debatable choice (I tend to agree with Stern that it's a matter of ethics, but I'm not sure where I come down on the substantive issue). But even if we don't discount future benefits, there's still an awful lot of uncertainty about those projected costs. I can't entirely blame lawmakers for not wanting to spend a ton of money right now to *maybe* save two tons 50 years from now. If I recall correctly, the Stern Review doesn’t use a discount rate when calculating future costs/benefits. That’s a debatable choice (I tend to agree with Stern that it’s a matter of ethics, but I’m not sure where I come down on the substantive issue). But even if we don’t discount future benefits, there’s still an awful lot of uncertainty about those projected costs. I can’t entirely blame lawmakers for not wanting to spend a ton of money right now to *maybe* save two tons 50 years from now.

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