CO₂ emissions limits: economic adjustments and the distribution of burdens
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MITJPSPGC_Rpt9.pdf
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QELRO impacts : domestic markets, trade and distribution of burdens and climate change
Date Issued
July 1996
Publisher
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Series/Report no.
Report no. 9
Abstract
Policies under consideration within the Climate Convention would impose CO₂ controls on only a subset of nations. A model of economic growth and emissions, coupled to an analysis of the climate system, is used to explore the consequences of a sample proposal of this type. The results show how economic burdens are likely to be distributed among nations, how carbon "leakage" may counteract the reductions attained, and how policy costs may be influenced by emissions trading. We explore the sensitivity of results to uncertainty in key underlying assumptions, including the influence on economic impacts and on the policy contribution to long-term climate goals.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 16).
Abstract in HTML and technical report in HTML and PDF available on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change website (http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/).
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