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Trade-offs between mitigation costs and temperature change [1]

This paper uses the MERGE integrated assessment model to identify the least-cost mitigation strategy for achieving a range of climate policies. Mitigation is measured in terms of GDP foregone. This is not a benefit-cost analysis. No attempt is made to calculate the reduction in damages brought about by a particular policy. Assumptions are varied regarding the availability of energy-producing and energy-using technologies. We find pathways with substantial reductions in temperature change, with the cost of reductions varying significantly, depending on policy and technology assumptions.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
Geoffrey Blanford [2], James Merrick [3], Richard Richels & et al [4]
Climatic Change [5]
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Tags:
Climate Mitigation [6], Climate Change [7], Carbon Capture and Storage [8], Emission Targets [9], Developing Countries [10], Emissions Trading [11], Nuclear Energy [12], Fossil Fuels [13], Renewable Energy [14], India [15], China [16]

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