A multi-faceted approach to reducing climate damage

It is very unlikely that climate damages can be reduced to an acceptable level by the end of the century relying only on emissions reduction.  A conceptual model is presented that includes four climate change control strategies: emissions reduction, carbon dioxide (CO2) removal from the atmosphere, adaptation to climate change, and geoengineering to optimally reduce climate damage subject to a control budget constraint.

Speaker: John Deutch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology