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A Tale of Two Countries : Emissions Scenarios for China and India

Massetti, Emanuele - 2011

The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in international negotiations to control global warming. We base our conclusions on historical data and on scenarios until 2050. The Business-as-Usual scenario (BaU) is compared to...

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Should We Ban Unconventional Oil Extraction to Reduce Global Warming?

Carrara, Samuel - 2014

impacts than the extraction of conventional oil. The European Union (EU) estimates that oil sands lead to 22% more emissions … than conventional oil. The EU is very concerned by the potential climate and environmental impacts and has considered … unilateral ban of the EU on unconventional oil has no climate benefits and it is expensive for Europe …

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Carbon Storage and Bioenergy : Using Forests for Climate Mitigation

Favero, Alice - 2016

The carbon mitigation literature has separately considered using forests to store carbon and as a source of bioenergy. In this paper, we look at both options to reach a 2°C mitigation target. This paper combines the global forest model, GTM, with the IAM WITCH model to study the optimal use of...

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Energy and Climate Change in China

Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - 2014

The paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China, presenting historical data and scenarios generated using the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH. A Business-as-Usual scenario is compared with four scenarios in which Greenhouse Gases emissions are taxed, at different levels. Key...

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A Numerical Analysis of Optimal Extraction and Trade of Oil Under Climate Policy

Massetti, Emanuele; Sferra, Fabio - 2013

We introduce endogenous investments for increasing conventional and non-conventional oil extraction capacity in the integrated assessment model WITCH. The international price of oil emerges as the Nash equilibrium of a non-cooperative game. When carbon emissions are not constrained, oil is used...

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Investments and Financial Flows Induced by Climate Mitigation Policies

Bastianin, Andrea; Favero, Alice; Massetti, Emanuele - 2013

In this paper we use the hybrid integrated model WITCH to quantify and analyze the investments and financial flows stimulated by a climate policy to stabilize Greenhouse Gases concentrations at 550ppm CO2-eq at the end of the century. We focus on investments to decarbonize the power sector and...

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A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on European Agriculture

Van Passel, Steven; Massetti, Emanuele; Mendelsohn, … - 2014

This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis. Climate, soil, geography and regional socio-economic variables are matched with farm level data from 37,612 farms across Western Europe. We demonstrate that a median quantile...

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The Incentives to Participate in, and the Stability of, International Climate Coalitions : A Game-Theoretic Analysis Using the Witch Model

Bosetti, Valentina - 2012

This paper uses WITCH, an integrated assessment model with a game-theoretic structure, to explore the prospects for, and the stability of broad coalitions to achieve ambitious climate change mitigation action. Only coalitions including all large emitting regions are found to be technically able...

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Migration and Climate Change in Rural Africa

Cattaneo, Cristina - 2015

We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it will also be an adaptation to future climate change....

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How Does Climate Policy Affect Technical Change - An Analysis of the Direction and Pace of Technical Progress in a Climate-Economy Model

Carraro, Carlo - 2012

This paper analyses whether and how a climate policy designed to stabilize greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is likely to change the direction and pace of technical progress. The analysis is performed using an upgraded version of WITCH, a dynamic integrated regional model of the world economy....

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