Table 2.

2020 social cost of carbon (SCC).

	VSLY = per capita consumption	VSLY = 2× per capita consumption	VSLY = 4× per capita consumption	VSLY = 8× per capita consumption	VSLY = 16× per capita consumption
DICE baseline emissions scenario
2020 SCC	$135	$177	$258	$414	$789
Mortality response uncertainty	[−$6, $255]	[−$28, $349]	[−$69, $545]	[−$140, $915]	[−$274, $1621]
Optimized emissions scenario
2020 SCC	$91	$110	$158	$221	$430
Mortality response uncertainty	[−$74, $233]	[−$77, $309]	[−$142, $475]	[−$267, $816]	[−$556, $1,333]

In the primary specification, DICE-EMR projects that the 2020 social cost of carbon is $258 in the baseline emissions scenario and $158 in the optimized emissions scenario. These figures vary with the value of statistical life year (VSLY) estimates.