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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: How to Build the Necessary Global Action in a Cost-Effective Manner
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean; Dellink, Rob; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
This paper examines the cost of a range of national, regional and global mitigation policies and the corresponding incentives for countries to participate in ambitious international mitigation actions. The paper illustrates the scope for available instruments to strengthen these incentives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962263
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The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation: New Perspectives Using the Witch Model
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations. Current and future expected carbon prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012143
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What Should We Expect from Innovation? A Model-Based Assessment of the Environmental and Mitigation Cost Implications of Climate-Related R&D
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can … innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies … technical progress in the energy sector. We evaluate a range of innovation policies, both as a stand-alone instrument and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467309
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for the Future
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
Considering the costs and risks of inaction, ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is economically rational. However, success in abating world emissions will ultimately require a least-cost set of policy instruments that is applied as widely as possible across all emission sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045655
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The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation: New Perspectives Using the WITCH Model
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations. Current and future expected carbon prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045876