Browsing Center for Global Change Science by Title
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Modeling Climate Feedbacks to Energy Demand: The Case of China
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2006-06)This paper is an empirical investigation of the effects of climate on the use of electricity by consumers and producers in urban and rural areas within China. It takes advantage of an unusual combination of temporal and ... -
Modeling non-CO₂ greenhouse gases
(2002-12)Although emissions of CO₂ are the largest anthropogenic contributor to the risks of climate change, other substances are important in the formulation of a cost-effective response. To provide improved facilities for addressing ... -
Modeling Regional Carbon Dioxide Flux over California using the WRF‑ACASA Coupled Model
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2016-07)Many processes and interactions in the atmosphere and the biosphere influence the rate of carbon dioxide exchange between these two systems. However, it is difficult to estimate the carbon dioxide flux over regions with ... -
Modeling regional transportation demand in China and the impacts of a national carbon constraint
(2015-01-30)Climate and energy policy in China will have important and uneven impacts on the country’s regionally heterogeneous transport system. In order to simulate these impacts, transport sector detail is added to a multi-sector, ... -
A modeling study on the climate impacts of black carbon aerosols
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2002-03)The role of black carbon (BC) aerosols in climate change is important because of its strong capability in causing extinction of solar radiation. A three-dimensional interactive aerosol-climate model has been used to study ... -
Modeling the Global Water Resource System in an Integrated Assessment Modeling Framework: IGSM-WRS
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2010-09)The availability of water resources affects energy, agricultural and environmental systems, which are linked together as well as to climate via the water cycle. As such, watersheds and river basins are directly impacted ... -
Modeling the Income Dependence of Household Energy Consumption and its Implications for Climate Policy in China
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-07)We estimate Engel Curves based on Chinese household microdata and show in general equilibrium simulations that they imply substantially lower energy demand and CO2 emissions, relative to projections based on standard ... -
Modeling the Prospects for Hydrogen Powered Transportation Through 2100
(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
(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 Uncertainty in Climate Change: A Multi-Model Comparison
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2015-12)The economics of climate change involves a vast array of uncertainties, complicating both the analysis and development of climate policy. This study presents the results of the first comprehensive study of uncertainty in ... -
Modeling Water Resource Systems under Climate Change: IGSM-WRS
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Natural Gas Pricing Reform in China: Getting Closer to a Market System?
(2015-08-31)Recent policy in China targets an increase in the contribution of natural gas to the nation’s energy supply. Historically, China’s natural gas prices have been highly regulated with a goal to protect consumers. The old ... -
Natural Gas Pricing Reform in China: Getting Closer to a Market System?
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2015-07)Recent policy in China targets an increase in the contribution of natural gas to the nation’s energy supply. Historically, China’s natural gas prices have been highly regulated with a goal to protect consumers. The old ... -
Necessary conditions for stabilization agreements
(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
(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
(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 ... -
New data for representing irrigated agriculture in economy-wide models
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-10)We develop a framework to represent the value of irrigated crop production and the expansion potential of irrigated land within economy-wide models, providing integrated assessment capabilities for energy, land, and water ...
