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  • Modeling the Prospects for Hydrogen Powered Transportation Through 2100 
    Sandoval, Reynaldo.; Karplus, Valerie J.; Paltsev, Sergey.; Reilly, John M. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2008-02)
    Hydrogen fueled transportation has been proposed as a low carbon alternative to the current gasoline-powered fleet. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy we explore the economic viability of ...
  • Modeling the Transport Sector: The Role of Existing Fuel Taxes in Climate Policy 
    Paltsev, Sergey.; Jacoby, Henry D.; Reilly, John M.; Viguier, Laurent L. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2004-11)
    Existing fuel taxes play a major role in determining the welfare effects of exempting the transportation sector from measures to control greenhouse gases. To study this phenomenon we modify the MIT Emissions Prediction and ...
  • Modeling Water Resource Systems under Climate Change: IGSM-WRS 
    Strzepek, K.; Schlosser, C.A.; Gueneau, A.; Gao, X.; Blanc, É.; Fant, C.; Rasheed, B.; Jacoby, H.D. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-12)
    Through the integration of a Water Resource System (WRS) component, the MIT Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) framework has been enhanced to study the effects of climate change on managed water-resource systems. ...
  • Modeling Water Withdrawal and Consumption for Electricity Generation in the United States 
    Strzepek, Kenneth M.; Baker, Jonathan; Farmer, William; Schlosser, C. Adam (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-06-15)
    Water withdrawals for thermoelectric cooling account for a significant portion of total water use in the United States. Any change in electrical energy generation policy and technologies has the potential to have a major ...
  • Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto protocol 
    Reilly, John M.; Prinn, Ronald G.; Harnisch, Jochen.; Fitzmaurice, Jean.; Jacoby, Henry D.; Kicklighter, David W.; Stone, Peter H.; Sokolov, Andrei P.; Wang, Chien. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-01)
    The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement aimed at limiting emissions of several greenhouse gases (GHGs; specifically: CO2, CH4, N2O, PFCs, HFCs, and SF6), and allows credit for approved sinks for CO2. It does not ...
  • Multiple gas control under the Kyoto agreement 
    Reilly, John M.; Mayer, Monika.; Harnisch, Jochen. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2000-03)
    Under the Kyoto Protocol, reductions in emissions of several radiative gases can be credited against a carbon equivalent emissions cap. We investigate the economic implications of including other greenhouse gases and sinks ...
  • Necessary conditions for stabilization agreements 
    Yang, Zili.; Jacoby, Henry D. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1997-10)
    The Climate Convention calls for stabilization of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. This paper considers the issues that must be faced in formulating a plan to meet any such target, using a proposed CO2 level ...
  • Needed : a realistic strategy for global warming 
    Jacoby, Henry D.; Prinn, Ronald G.; Schmalensee, Richard. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1997-08)
    Through a brief look at the science and economics of climate, the authors show that if climate change turns out to be a serious threat, an effective response will require a substantial and very long-term global effort. ...
  • Net primary production of terrestrial ecosystems in China and its equilibrium response to changes in climate and atmospheric CO₂ concentration 
    Xiao, Xiangming.; Melillo, Jerry M.; Kicklighter, David W.; Pan, Yude.; McGuire, A. David.; Helfrich III, J.V.K. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1996-10)
    The Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM, version 4.0) was used to estimate net primary production (NPP) in China for contemporary climate and NPP responses to elevated CO₂ and climate changes projected by three atmospheric ...
  • Non-Nuclear, Low-Carbon, or Both? The Case of Taiwan 
    Chen, Y.-H. Henry (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-12)
    The Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan has renewed debates on the safety of nuclear power, possibly hurting the role of nuclear power in efforts to limit CO2 emissions. I develop a dynamic economy-wide model of Taiwan ...
  • Obstacles to global CO₂ trading : a familiar problem 
    Ellerman, A. Denny. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1998-11)
    There are many obstacles to the development of an international CO₂ emissions trading system, but the biggest is a feature that is often assumed: the existence of a single national system. Once a national system is in ...
  • On the Correlation between Forcing and Climate Sensitivity 
    Sokolov, Andrei (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2010-08)
    The possible correlation between climate sensitivity and radiative forcing is studied using versions of the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model (CAM) model with different climate sensitivities. No such correlation was found ...
  • Over-Allocation or Abatement? A Preliminary Analysis of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Based on the 2005 Emissions Data 
    Ellerman, A. Denny.; Buchner, Barbara. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2006-12)
    This paper provides an initial analysis of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) based on the installation-level data for verified emissions and allowance allocations in the first trading year. Those data, ...
  • Ozone effects on net primary production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using a biogeochemistry model 
    Felzer, Benjamin Seth.; Kicklighter, David W.; Melillo, Jerry M.; Wang, Chien.; Zhuang, Qianlai.; Prinn, Ronald G. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2002-11)
    The effects of air pollution on vegetation may provide an important control on the carbon cycle that has not yet been widely considered. Prolonged exposure to high levels of ozone, in particular, has been observed to inhibit ...
  • Parameterization of urban sub-grid scale processes in global atmospheric chemistry models 
    Calbó, Josep.; Pan, Wen Wei.; Webster, Mort David.; Prinn, Ronald G.; McRae, Gregory J. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1997-07)
    We have derived a parameterization consisting of a set of analytical expressions that approximate the predictions by the CIT Urban Airshed Model for the net export to the environment (i.e., effective emissions) of several ...
  • Past and Future Effects of Ozone on Net Primary Production and Carbon Sequestration Using a Global Biogeochemical Model 
    Felzer, Benjamin Seth.; Reilly, John M.; Melillo, Jerry M.; Kicklighter, David W.; Wang, Chien.; Prinn, Ronald G.; Sarofim, Marcus C.; Zhuang, Qianlai. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2003-10)
    Exposure of plants to ozone inhibits photosynthesis and therefore reduces vegetation production and carbon sequestration. Simulations with the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) for the historical period (1860-1995) show ...
  • Permafrost, Lakes, and Climate-Warming Methane Feedback: What is the Worst We Can Expect? 
    Gao, X.; Schlosser, C.A.; Sokolov, A.; Walter Anthony, K.; Zhuang, Q.; Kicklighter, D.W. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-05)
    Permafrost degradation is likely enhanced by climate warming. Subsequent landscape subsidence and hydrologic changes support expansion of lakes and wetlands. Their anaerobic environments can act as strong emission sources ...
  • Potential Climatic Impacts and Reliability of Very Large-Scale Wind Farms 
    Prinn, Ronald G.; Wang, Chien (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2009-06)
    Meeting future world energy needs while addressing climate change requires large-scale deployment of low or zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission technologies such as wind energy. The widespread availability of wind power has ...
  • Potential Direct and Indirect Effects of Global Cellulosic Biofuel Production on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Future Land-use Chage 
    Kicklighter, D.W.; Gurgel, A.; Melillo, J.; Paltsev, S. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-03)
    The production of cellulosic biofuels may have a large influence on future land emissions of greenhouse gases. These effects will vary across space and time depending on land-use policies, trade, and variations in ...
  • Potential Land Use Implications of a Global Biofuels Industry 
    Gurgel, Angelo C.; Reilly, John M.; Paltsev, Sergey. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2008-03)
    In this paper we investigate the potential production and implications of a global biofuels industry. We develop alternative approaches to the introduction of land as an economic factor input, in value and physical terms, ...
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