Comment: ‘Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human-Caused Global Warming?’ by Robert M. Carter

Robert Edward Thomas Ward ()
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Robert Edward Thomas Ward: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2010, vol. 40, issue 2, 125-144

Abstract: Carter (2008) notes that for climate change “sound science [sic] understanding is an essential prerequisite to any meaningful economic analysis”. Unfortunately his paper contains serious and systematic errors and misrepresentations about the causes and potential consequences of climate change, the overall effect of which is to convey an inaccurate and misleading impression of the scientific evidence. Indeed, the overall tone of Carter (2008) is one of a polemic rather than an objective analysis of the facts. An itemisation of all the inaccuracies in Carter (2008) would require a great deal of space, so this paper identifies and corrects some of the most important errors.

Keywords: global warming; human-caused global warming; climate change; economics of climate change; rationalist views on climate change; sceptical views on climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 Q48 Q54 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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