These calculations indicate that, even with higher discounting, the Stern Review’s estimates of future benefits and costs imply that mitigation makes economic sense. These calculations rely on the report’s projected time profiles for benefits and its estimate of annual costs, about which there is much disagreement.
这些计算表明，即便打上很高的折扣，《斯特恩报告》对于未来利益和代价的预计数字显示减排在经济上是有益的。这些计算是基于该报告预计利益的时间表以及它对年成本的预计数字进行的，对此尚存在很大的争议。但是，我依然认为对于旨在防止未来二氧化碳排放进一步大幅增加的政策的重要性的争议很少是严肃的。