Analiza porównawcza kosztów adaptacji i zapobiegania zmianom klimatycznym
Comparative analysis of climate mitigation and adaptation costs

Summary/Abstract: Economic aspects of climate change is a complex, interesting and still poorly recognized issue, in spite of the extensive pool of research and analyses intensified in recent years. In the paper the costs of climate change mitigation and adaptation were compared on the basis of available sources identified in scientific literature on the subject. The applied method of analysis was based on a comparison of the costs in terms of their basic characteristics, such as: the method of estimating the costs, the level of the cost estimates, discount rates and basic descriptive statistics. Results show significant differences between the costs of climate mitigation and adaptation in terms of the analyzed characteristics. In the discussion of outcomes the reasons for the high uncertainty of the costs estimates were analyzed. The conclusions elaborate on mutual relation of these costs, in the context of cost efficiency of measures to minimize the negative impacts of climate change.

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