The Climate Web
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The Climate Web 10/5/2026
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T - People and Organizations
T - CC Decisionmaking
US Government
Sandia National Labs
Backus, George - Risk Expert
2021 Backus_Climate Risk and Response Too much and too little
Section 1: Context
1.2 Non-Optimality Overview and Bottom Line
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Section 1: Context
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Being overly-optimistic can be costly
Business risk assessments do not utilize optimization
IPCC assessments rely heavily on IAMs
It makes no sense to assume perfection in implementation of mitigation efforts
It’s critical to account for barriers, delays, and feedbacks in mitigating climate change
Most net zero studiies are based on least-cost optimization models that are not suitable for policy-making
There is no evidence that countries can juggle all the balls needed to achieve a 1.5oC target
This study assumes that at best there can be a single-metric policy package
