Social cost of carbon (Q1013)

Subject, term, tag: Social cost of carbon

Social cost of carbon (SCC)

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Social cost of carbon	Subject, term, tag: Social cost of carbon	Social cost of carbon (SCC)

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group III: Climate Change 2022 – Mitigation of Climate Change

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Definition

The net present value of aggregate climate damages (with overall harmful damages expressed as a number with positive sign) from one more tonne of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2), conditional on a global emissions trajectory over time. (English)