Table 2 Non-urban and urban SCC and the contributions of exposure and urban characteristics to urban SSC

From: Urban and non-urban contributions to the social cost of carbon

Region

Non-urban

Urban

Urban-noUHI

Inc-Exposure

UHI-int

US

$0.25

($0.23,$0.27)

$9.47

($6.93,$13.48)

$2.53

($2.34,$2.73)

$2.28

($2.11,$2.46)

$6.94

($4.58,$10.75)

EU

$0.23

($0.2,$0.26)

$12.55

($8.1,$18.04)

$2.58

($2.28,$2.9)

$2.35

($2.08,$2.64)

$9.97

($5.82,$15.14)

Japan

$0.25

($0.2,$0.3)

$2.92

($2.14,$3.89)

$1.58

($1.26,$1.94)

$1.33

($1.07,$1.64)

$1.33

($0.87,$1.96)

Russia

$0.09

($0.08,$0.09)

$5.97

($3.67,$9.16)

$0.7

($0.63,$0.78)

$0.62

($0.56,$0.68)

$5.27

($3.03,$8.38)

Eurasia

$0.1

($0.09,$0.11)

$6.49

($4.28,$9.89)

$0.86

($0.76,$0.96)

$0.75

($0.67,$0.85)

$5.63

($3.52,$8.93)

China

$3.73

($3.38,$4.25)

$78.52

($53.9,$107.59)

$19.25

($16.69,$21.82)

$15.52

($13.31,$17.57)

$59.27

($37.21,$85.77)

India

$10.94

($9.71,$11.71)

$105.25

($75.98,$140.09)

$38.79

($36.19,$42.15)

$27.85

($26.48,$30.45)

$66.46

($39.79,$97.94)

MEAST

$0.73

($0.66,$0.78)

$21.21

($15.12,$31.09)

$5.64

($5.04,$6.33)

$4.91

($4.38,$5.55)

$15.57

($10.08,$24.76)

Africa

$6.46

($5.76,$7.2)

$111.72

($72.18,$166.91)

$36.4

($32.56,$40.62)

$29.94

($26.79,$33.42)

$75.32

($39.62,$126.29)

LAM

$0.99

($0.82,$1.18)

$23.02

($16.77,$32.26)

$10.93

($9.04,$12.96)

$9.95

($8.22,$11.78)

$12.09

($7.73,$19.3)

OHI

$0.05

($0.05,$0.06)

$4.71

($3.54,$6.35)

$2.11

($1.83,$2.41)

$2.05

($1.78,$2.35)

$2.6

($1.71,$3.93)

OASIA

$9.48

($8.64,$10.28)

$69.77

($52.92,$91.83)

$29.98

($27.16,$33.13)

$20.5

($18.52,$22.86)

$39.79

($25.75,$58.69)

MX

$0.07

($0.05,$0.08)

$5.47

($4.19,$7.74)

$1.95

($1.6,$2.32)

$1.88

($1.55,$2.24)

$3.52

($2.59,$5.42)

WORLD

$33.38

($29.89,$36.56)

$457.07

($319.72,$638.31)

$153.3

($137.39,$171.04)

$119.93

($107.5,$134.48)

$303.77

($182.34,$467.27)

  1. 1.5% discount rate. Based on NCAR regional urban population projections. Figures are expressed in US2005 dollars. Non-urban represents the SCC from non-urban areas; Urban shows the SCC value in urban areas when the UHI effect is accounted for; Urban-noUHI provides the SCC value in urban areas but when the UHI effect is not considered; Inc-exposure separates the impact on SCC from increased exposure in cities; UHI-int shows the contribution to the SCC from including the UHI effect plus its interactions with global climate change (see “Methods”). Estimates of SCC for the 95% and 5% percentiles of global temperature projections are shown in parenthesis.
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