Cost-effectiveness analysis (Q457)
Subject, term, tag: Cost-effectiveness analysis
- Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Cost-effectiveness analysis |
Subject, term, tag: Cost-effectiveness analysis |
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IPCC Glossary v1.5
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27 May 2026
A type of economic evaluation that compares the costs of different courses of action reaching the same outcome. In this report, CEA focuses on comparing the costs of mitigation strategies designed to meet a prespecified climate change mitigation goal (e.g., an emission-reduction target or a temperature stabilisation target). (English)
IPCC Glossary v1.5
1 reference
27 May 2026