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ArticleNature2022

Comprehensive evidence implies a higher social cost of CO

Kevin Rennert, Frank Errickson, Brian C Prest, Lisa Rennels, Richard G Newell, William Pizer, Cora Kingdon, Jordan Wingenroth, Roger Cooke, Bryan Parthum and 14 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Trends and biases in the social cost of carbon.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025
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  2. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance recommendations toward environmentally sustainable cardiovascular magnetic resonance.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2025
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  5. Points to consider for incorporating climate impacts into health economic evaluation.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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  9. Rethinking energy transition strategies for the European Union amid rising energy prices.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Kevin RennertResources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA.
Frank Errickson *School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Brian C Prest *Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA.
Lisa Rennels *Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Richard G NewellResources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3205-5562
William PizerResources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA.
Cora KingdonEnergy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jordan WingenrothResources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA.
Roger CookeResources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA.
Bryan ParthumEnvironmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9996-2183
David SmithEnvironmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA.
Kevin CromarMarron Institute of Urban Management, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7745-2780
Delavane DiazEPRI, Palo Alto, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8289-0980
Frances C MooreDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-9642
Ulrich K MüllerDepartment of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Richard J PlevinIndependent researcher, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3919-0836
Adrian E RafteryDepartments of Statistics and Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hana ŠevčíkováCenter for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hannah SheetsSchool of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
James H StockDepartment of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tammy TanEnvironmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3236-5421
Mark WatsonDepartment of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Tony E WongSchool of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7304-3883
David AnthoffEnergy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. anthoff@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9319-2109

Funding

Statistical Methods for Population ProjectionsR01HD070936 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RAFTERY, ADRIAN E · 2012 to 2021
$3.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD070936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The social cost of carbon dioxide (SC-CO

Indexed as

Carbon DioxideClimate ModelsSocioeconomic FactorsClimateDelay DiscountingEnvironmental PolicyGreenhouse GasesPolicy MakingRiskUncertaintyCarbon DioxideGreenhouse Gases

Identifiers

PMID36049503
PMCPMC9605864

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