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Cost-effective reductions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases
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In this article, the authors provide a perspective on the current and projected emissions of greenhouse gas; outlines the potential methods for achieving emissions reductions for various sources; and summarizes several recent studies on the cost of reductions for the US and other countries.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2001-11-01. It has received 14 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Greenhouse gas & Carbon credit.read more
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Brazilian waste potential: energy, environmental, social and economic benefits
TL;DR: The potential energy that could be produced from solid wastes in Brazil tops 50 TWh as discussed by the authors, which is equivalent to 17% of the nation's total power consumption at costs that are competitive with more traditional options, this would also reduce greenhouse gases emissions.
Prioritizing Climate Change Mitigation Alternatives: Comparing Transportation Technologies to Options in Other Sectors
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework is developed to integrate current research on climate change mitigation technology alternatives from all sectors of the U.S. economy on an equal footing, and a multi-benefit cost-effectiveness accounting tool is developed that simultaneously evaluates the technology costs, lifetime energy saving benefits, and GHG reductions in a single cost pertonne-reduced metric.
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The Economics of Climate Change Policy: Critical review and future policy directions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the dimensions of the climate change problem and its economic effects as well as the evolution of the international meetings to cope with it in these lines it discusses the use of Integrated Assessment Models, the damage cost estimates and various other issues related to global warming and concerning the significance of uncertainty and risk aversion, the importance of discounting and the impact of financial crisis on emissions predictions.
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Construction of abatement cost curves: The case of F-gases
Abstract: Most of scientific research on Greenhouse Gases (GHG) focuses on CO2 emissions. But non-CO2 gases (mainly F-gases in the form of HFCs, PFCs, and SF6) are more potent at trapping heat within the atmosphere. Currently, F-gases constitute a small proportion of GHG emissions but they are extremely high Global Warming Potential gases. At the same time, they are expected to increase massively due to the expansion of some emitting industries, while the atmospheric lifetimes of PFCs and SF6 are very long. This study analyzes the economic and technical assumptions in abatement cost calculation in the case of the F-gases. The important factors for differences among countries in average mitigation costs are discussed and the least cost curve of F-gases control for the EU-27 and for the year 2020 is derived. It seems that it is more cost-effective to start abating SF6 first, and then moving to PFCs and then applying control methods to HFCs.
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Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change
TL;DR: The most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment available for scientific understanding of human influences on the past present and future climate is "Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change" as mentioned in this paper.
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Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto Protocol
John M. Reilly,Ronald G. Prinn,Jochen Harnisch,Jean Fitzmaurice,Henry D. Jacoby,David W. Kicklighter,Peter Stone,Andrei P. Sokolov,Chien Wang +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that a multi-gas control strategy could greatly reduce the costs of fulfilling the Kyoto Protocol compared with a CO2-only strategy, and that under a more stringent emissions policy, the use of global warming potentials as applied in the Kyoto protocol leads to considerably more mitigation of climate change for multigas strategies than for the CO 2-only control.
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Scenarios for a clean energy future
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present scenarios for a Clean Energy Future, which assess how energy-efficient and clean energy technologies can address key energy and environmental challenges facing the US, and conclude that policies exist that can significantly reduce oil dependence, air pollution, carbon emissions, and inefficiencies in energy production and end-use systems.
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Costs of Multigreenhouse Gas Reduction Targets for the USA
Katharine Hayhoe,Atul K. Jain,Hugh Pitcher,Chris MacCracken,Michael Gibbs,Donald J. Wuebbles,Reid Harvey,Dina Kruger +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate that for short-term targets, CH can offset COreductions and reduce U.S. costs by more than 25% relative to strategies involving COalone.
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Technology and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An IntegratedScenario Analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, a modified version of the Energy Information Administration's National Energy Modeling System (LBNL-NEMS) is used to assess the potential energy, carbon, and bill savings from a portfolio of carbon saving options.