The role of Asia in mitigating climate change: Results from the Asia modeling exercise

Katherine Calvin, Leon Clarke, Volker Krey, Geoffrey Blanford, Kejun Jiang, Mikiko Kainuma, Elmar Kriegler, Gunnar Luderer and P.R. Shukla

Energy Economics, 2012, vol. 34, issue S3, S251-S260

Abstract: In 2010, Asia accounted for 60% of global population, 39% of Gross World Product, 44% of global energy consumption and nearly half of the world's energy system CO2 emissions. Thus, Asia is an important region to consider in any discussion of climate change or climate change mitigation. This paper explores the role of Asia in mitigating climate change, by comparing the results of 23 energy-economy and integrated assessment models. We focus our analysis on seven key areas: base year data, future energy use and emissions absent climate policy, the effect of urban and rural development on future energy use and emissions, the role of technology in emissions mitigation, regional emissions mitigation, and national climate policies.

Keywords: Asia; Climate change; Integrated assessment models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q41 Q47 Q54 Q56 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.09.003

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