Optimal GHG Emission Abatement and Aggregate Economic Damages of Global Warming

Man-made global warming poses serious threats to the environment and society. Proper abatement policies for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are urgently needed to ameliorate the effects of global warming. In this paper, we introduce a version of the Policy Analysis of the Greenhouse Effect (PAGE) mod...

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Published inIEEE systems journal Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 2784 - 2793
Main Authors Kanellos, Fotis D., Grigoroudis, Evangelos, Hope, Chris, Kouikoglou, Vassilis S., Phillis, Yannis A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2017
Subjects
Biological cells
Climate change
climate change impact
Economics
Genetic algorithms
genetic algorithms (GAs)
Global warming
greenhouse gas (GHG) emission abatement
integrated assessment model (IAM)
Mathematical model
Meteorology
Optimization
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1937-9234
DOI10.1109/JSYST.2014.2376493

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Abstract Man-made global warming poses serious threats to the environment and society. Proper abatement policies for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are urgently needed to ameliorate the effects of global warming. In this paper, we introduce a version of the Policy Analysis of the Greenhouse Effect (PAGE) model that is faster by two orders of magnitude than previous versions. PAGE is then used in conjunction with a genetic algorithm to devise optimal GHG emission abatement policies. Such policies are chosen so that an overall cost is minimized subject to certain constraints imposed on the policies. The results show the urgency of the problem. It turns out that an additional warming of 3 °C to 4 °C, as compared to the year 1900, imposes enormous stresses on the global economy. This paper highlights the urgency of climate action in the form of drastic emission cuts.
AbstractList Man-made global warming poses serious threats to the environment and society. Proper abatement policies for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are urgently needed to ameliorate the effects of global warming. In this paper, we introduce a version of the Policy Analysis of the Greenhouse Effect (PAGE) model that is faster by two orders of magnitude than previous versions. PAGE is then used in conjunction with a genetic algorithm to devise optimal GHG emission abatement policies. Such policies are chosen so that an overall cost is minimized subject to certain constraints imposed on the policies. The results show the urgency of the problem. It turns out that an additional warming of 3 °C to 4 °C, as compared to the year 1900, imposes enormous stresses on the global economy. This paper highlights the urgency of climate action in the form of drastic emission cuts.
Author Kouikoglou, Vassilis S.
Grigoroudis, Evangelos
Phillis, Yannis A.
Hope, Chris
Kanellos, Fotis D.
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Economics
Genetic algorithms
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greenhouse gas (GHG) emission abatement
integrated assessment model (IAM)
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