The paper "Energy and Climate Change in China" was published as a FEEM Working Paper.
This paper was presented at the workshop on the “Chinese Economy” organized by the Bank of Italy and Venice International University, Isola di San Servolo – Venice – 25/27 November 2010.
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 insights are provided to evaluate the Chinese pledge to reduce the emissions intensity of Gross Domestic Product by 40/45 percent in 2020 contained in the Copenhagen Accord. Marginal and total abatement costs are discussed using the OECD economies as a term of comparison. Cost estimates for different emissions reduction targets are used to assess the political feasibility of the 50 percent global reduction target set by the G8 and Major Economies Forum in July 2009.
Carraro, C. and E. Massetti. 2011. "Energy and Climate Change in China." FEEM Nota di Lavoro No. 16.2011, February 2011.
February 20, 2011
February 17, 2011
International Super-Grids Powered by Concentrated Solar Power
On February 16 2011 I had the chance to visit for the first time the EU Parliament in Strasbourg.
I was invited as a speaker at the workshop "Smart and Super Grids: vision for a European energy infrastructure", chaired by Mr. Vittorio Prodi, Member of the European Parliament and chair of the subgroup “Energy” of the European Parliament Intergroup “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development.”
I gave a presentation based on recent work on supergrids and concentrated solar power joint with Elena Ricci. You can dowload the presentation here.
This presentation complements the one I gave at a meeting hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels in early January 2011: link.
I was invited as a speaker at the workshop "Smart and Super Grids: vision for a European energy infrastructure", chaired by Mr. Vittorio Prodi, Member of the European Parliament and chair of the subgroup “Energy” of the European Parliament Intergroup “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development.”
I gave a presentation based on recent work on supergrids and concentrated solar power joint with Elena Ricci. You can dowload the presentation here.
This presentation complements the one I gave at a meeting hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels in early January 2011: link.
Ongoing Work Using Ricardian Approaches
On February 9 2011 I was invited as a speaker to the OECD meeting "Climate Change, Agriculture, and Land Use: Matching modelling approaches to policy questions."
I gave a presentation that illustrates the work on panel methods to estimate climate change impacts on agriculture and recent work that uses all IPCC Fourth Assessment Report climate change scenarios to estimate climate change impacts in the USA.
Download the presentation here.
The intended outcome of the meeting was to have a clear idea of the policy questions OECD should be focusing on, and which models are appropriate to address such questions.
Download the presentation here.
The intended outcome of the meeting was to have a clear idea of the policy questions OECD should be focusing on, and which models are appropriate to address such questions.
Invited speakers:
Sherman Robinson - International Food policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and University of Sussex
The economics of climate change: appropriateness of partial and general equilibrium approaches
Thomas Berger (University of Hohenheim)
Insights for climate change policy from agent-based modeling of land-use
Emanuele Massetti (Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei –FEEM)
The economics of climate change impacts on agriculture: ongoing work using Ricardian approaches
January 19, 2011
International Climate Change Negotiations: Lessons from Theory
New book chapter written with Carlo Carraro on the theory of climate change negotiations, published in:
Climate Change Policies - Global Challenges and Future Prospects
Edited by Emilio Cerdá, Professor of Economics, Complutense University, Spain and Xavier Labandeira, Professor of Economics, University of Vigo, Spain.
For an look at the Table of Contents click here.
Content: Climate Change Policies sheds light on the foundations, design and effects of climate change policies. Written by leading international experts in the field, this book deals with the various economic effects from climate change policies introduced at national and international levels. It also expertly describes actual applications of climate change policies in the main emitting countries. This insightful study includes chapters on public policies and climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, effects on competitiveness, new technologies, distributional concerns, and the international dimension.
Contributors: F.J. André, A. Ansuategi, V. Arroyo, C. Carraro, E. Cerdá, J.C. Ciscar, P. Del Río, O. Edenhofer, I. Galarraga, C.A. Grainger, M. Hanemann, B. Knopf, C.D. Kolstad, X. Labandeira, P. Linares, M.L. Loureiro, G. Luderer, A. Markandya, E. Massetti, A. Michaelowa, D. Paci, N. Padrón, P. Quirion, B. Saveyn, A. Soria, G.C. Unruh, L. Vergano, Z. Zhang
Climate Change Policies - Global Challenges and Future Prospects
Edited by Emilio Cerdá, Professor of Economics, Complutense University, Spain and Xavier Labandeira, Professor of Economics, University of Vigo, Spain.
For an look at the Table of Contents click here.
Content: Climate Change Policies sheds light on the foundations, design and effects of climate change policies. Written by leading international experts in the field, this book deals with the various economic effects from climate change policies introduced at national and international levels. It also expertly describes actual applications of climate change policies in the main emitting countries. This insightful study includes chapters on public policies and climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, effects on competitiveness, new technologies, distributional concerns, and the international dimension.
Contributors: F.J. André, A. Ansuategi, V. Arroyo, C. Carraro, E. Cerdá, J.C. Ciscar, P. Del Río, O. Edenhofer, I. Galarraga, C.A. Grainger, M. Hanemann, B. Knopf, C.D. Kolstad, X. Labandeira, P. Linares, M.L. Loureiro, G. Luderer, A. Markandya, E. Massetti, A. Michaelowa, D. Paci, N. Padrón, P. Quirion, B. Saveyn, A. Soria, G.C. Unruh, L. Vergano, Z. Zhang
January 06, 2011
Energy and Climate Change in China
On November the 30th I presented joint work with Carlo Carraro on energy and climate change issues in China at the workshop on China's Economy organized by the Bank of Italy.
Abtract
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 insights are provided to evaluate the Chinese pledge to reduce the emissions intensity of Gross Domestic Product by 40/45 percent in 2020 contained in the Copenhagen Accord. Marginal and total abatement costs are discussed using the OECD economies as a term of comparison. Cost estimates for different emissions reduction targets are used to assess the political feasibility of the 50 percent global reduction target set by the G8 and Major Economies Forum in July 2009.
C. Carraro and E. Massetti (2010). "Energy and Climate Change in China." Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, mimeo, December 2010.
Download the presentation
Abtract
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 insights are provided to evaluate the Chinese pledge to reduce the emissions intensity of Gross Domestic Product by 40/45 percent in 2020 contained in the Copenhagen Accord. Marginal and total abatement costs are discussed using the OECD economies as a term of comparison. Cost estimates for different emissions reduction targets are used to assess the political feasibility of the 50 percent global reduction target set by the G8 and Major Economies Forum in July 2009.
C. Carraro and E. Massetti (2010). "Energy and Climate Change in China." Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, mimeo, December 2010.
Download the presentation
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