The Social Cost of Carbon and Climate Policy Analysis
Sustainable Energy Seminar: J. Paul Kelleher, Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy
Event Details
Date
Monday, November 3, 2025
Time
3:30 p.m.
Location
Description
The social cost of carbon (SCC) represents an attempt to express in monetary terms the harm done by the emission of one extra ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This lecture will explain the various analytical tasks SCC values are used to address, and will explain how different tasks call for different normative approaches to estimating SCC values. It will then look under the hood to explain certain key analytical choices from the last set of SCC values published by the US EPA in 2023.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email spwilliams@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Monday, October 20, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.