Time to refine key climate policy models

Time to refine key climate policy models

Time to refine key climate policy models, Published online: 09 April 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0132-y

Ambition regarding climate change at the national level is critical but is often calibrated with the projected costs — as estimated by a small suite of energy–economic models. Weaknesses in several key areas in these models will continue to distort policy design unless collectively addressed by a diversity of researchers.