“Renting an apartment in the city versus buying a house in the suburbs. When families and households face this choice, it is likely to be driven by factors other than climate change concerns. The decision, however, can have major consequences on CO2 emissions as well as on the impacts of climate change on future disasters such as damage from flooding due to sea level rise. Hence, governments may seek to influence these decisions as part of their portfolio of climate change policies through measures such as land-use regulations or the pricing of local transportation options.

The final choice is thus likely to be sensitive to uncertainties in market behaviour as well as actions undertaken by individuals and firms.”

Capítulo 2: Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate

Change Response Policies, In: Climate Change 2014, p. 158

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