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Bosello, F. and C. Chen (2010). Adapting and Mitigating to Climate  Change: Balancing the Choice under Uncertainty. FEEM Note di lavoro No.  2010.159, Dec 2010.http://www.feem.it/userfiles/attach/201012231026144NDL2010-159.pdfNowadays, as stressed by  important strategic documents like for instance the 2009 EU White Paper  on Adaptation or the recent 2009 "Copenhagen Accord", it is amply  recognized that both mitigation and adaptation strategies are necessary  to combat climate change. This paper enriches the rapidly expanding  literature trying to devise normative indications on the optimal  combination of the two introducing the role of catastrophic and spatial  uncertainty related to climate change damages. Applying a modified  version of the Nordhaus’ Regional Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate  and the Economy it is shown that in both cases uncertainty works in the  direction to make mitigation a more attractive strategy than adaptation. (© authors)