The science is ripe to update estimates of CO2 emissions costs. Calls to scrap the calculation are misguided.
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Wagner, G. Recalculate the social cost of carbon. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 293–294 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01018-5
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