Costs of reducing carbon emissions: An integrated modeling framework approach

Gritsevskii, A. & Schrattenholzer, L. (2003). Costs of reducing carbon emissions: An integrated modeling framework approach. Climatic Change 56 (1) 167-184. 10.1023/A:1021364008426.

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Abstract

This paper presents an approach to estimating world-regional carbon mitigation cost functions for the years 2020, 2050, and 2100. The approach explicitly includes uncertainty surrounding such carbon reduction costs. It is based on the analysis of global energy-economy-environment scenarios described for the 21st century. We use one baseline scenario and variants thereof to estimate cumulative costs of carbon mitigation as a function of cumulative carbon emission reductions. For our baseline for estimating carbon mitigation cost curves, we use the so-called IIASA F scenario.

The F scenario is a high-growth, high-emissions scenario designed specifically to be used as a reference against which to evaluate alternatives. Carbon emissions and energy systems costs in the F scenario are then compared with (reduced) emissions and (higher) costs (including macroeconomic adjustment costs) of alternative scenarios taken from the IIASA scenario database. As a kind of sensitivity analysis of our approach, we also present the results of a scenario involving assumptions on particularly rapid technological progress.

Item Type:	Article
Research Programs:	Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies (ECS)
Bibliographic Reference:	Climatic Change; 56(1):167-184 [2003]
Depositing User:	IIASA Import
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 02:15
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 17:18
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/6917

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