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Modeling the economics of greenhouse gas mitigation : summary of a workshop /

$A"Models are fundamental for estimating the possible costs and effectiveness of different policies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is a wide array of models to perform such analysis, differing in the level of technological detail, treatment of technological progress, spatial...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (issuing agency.)
Otros Autores: Holmes, K. John (Keith John) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011], ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Uses and Abuses of Marginal Abatement Supply Curves
  • Uses and Abuses of Learning, Experience, and Knowledge Curves
  • Offsets
  • What's Assumed, What Is Known/Not Known, and What Difference They Make
  • Story Lines, Scenarios, and the Limits of Long-Term Socio-Techno-Economic Forecasting
  • Reflections on the Workshop
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Workshop Announcement and Agenda
  • Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members, Speakers, and Discussants
  • Papers Submitted by Workshop Speakers
  • Paradigms of Energy Efficiency's Cost and Their Policy Implications: Déjà Vu All Over Again / Mark Jaccard
  • Energy Efficiency Cost Curves: Empirical Insights for Energy-Climate Modeling / Jayant Sathaye and Amol Phadke
  • The Perils of the Learning Model For Modeling Endogenous Technological Change / William D. Nordhaus
  • Uncertainties in Technology Experience Curves for Energy-Economic Models / Sonia Yeh and Edward Rubin
  • Role of Offsets in Global and Domestic Climate Policy / Raymond J. Kopp
  • Carbon Offsets in Forest and Land Use / Brent Sohngen
  • Measurement and Monitoring of Forests in Climate Policy Design / Molly K. Macauley
  • International Offsets Usage in Proposed U.S. Climate Change Legislation / Allen A. Fawcett
  • The Politics and Economics of International Carbon Offsets / David G. Victor
  • Developing Narratives for Next-Generation Scenarios Climate Change Research and Assessment / Richard Moss.