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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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The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation : New Perspectives Using the Witch Model

Bosetti, Valentina - 2012

This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations. Current and future expected carbon prices...

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Can Climate Policy Enhance Sustainability?

Campagnolo, Lorenza - 2013

and the environment. Climate policy is therefore crucial for present and future generations. Nonetheless, one may wonder …

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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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Human Capital, Innovation, and Climate Policy : An Integrated Assessment

Carraro, Carlo - 2015

This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational policies. Using recent empirical estimates, human capital and general purpose R&D are introduced in an integrated assessment model that has been extensively applied to study climate...

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Reforming the IPCC's Assessment of Climate Change Economics

Chan, Gabriel - 2016

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is broadly viewed as the world's most legitimate scientific …. However, growing procedural inefficiencies and limitations to substantive coverage have made the IPCC an increasingly … most recent IPCC report, published last year, we propose four reforms to the IPCC's process that we believe will lower the …

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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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Climate Policy and the Optimal Balance between Mitigation, Adaptation and Unavoided Damage

Bosello, Francesco; Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica - 2012

It has become commonly accepted that a successful climate strategy should compound mitigation and adaptation. The accurate combination between adaptation and mitigation that can best address climate change is still an open question. This paper proposes a framework that integrates mitigation,...

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Modeling Biased Technical Change - Implications for Climate Policy

Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica; Nicita, Lea - 2012

Climate-economy models aiming at quantifying the costs and effects of climate change impacts and policies have become important tools for climate policy decision-making. Although there are several important dimensions along which models differ, this paper focuses on a key component of climate...

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Stabilisation Targets, Technical Change and the Macroeconomic Costs of Climate Change Control

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Galeotti, Marzio - 2015

The issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) stabilization stands on three critical open questions. Namely, what are the impacts deriving from different levels of climate change and their distribution. What are the levels at which GHG concentration should be stabilized in order to avoid unacceptable...

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