1. Economic Impact Assessment of Climate Change--A Multi-gas Investigation with WIAGEM-GTAPEL-ICM.
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Kemfert, Claudia, Truong, Truong P., and Bruckner, Thomas
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ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis ,CLIMATE change ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,POLLUTION & economics ,POLLUTION prevention - Abstract
Climate change is a long-term issue due to the long lifespan of greenhouse gases (GHG) and the delayed response of the climate system. This paper investigates the long-term economic consequences of both climate change impacts and mitigation efforts by applying the multi-regional, multi-sectoral integrated assessment model WIAGEM based on GTAP-EL coupled with the reduced-form multi-gas climate model ICM. We investigate emissions reduction paths to reach a radiative forcing target of 4.5 W/m². Economic impacts are studied and compared with and without the inclusion of all GHG gases. We find that multi-gas emissions reduction causes less economic losses compared with a case where only CO
2 emissions reductions would be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2006
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