Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agriculture in the EU: A Spatial Assessment of Sources and Abatement Costs

Stéphane De Cara, Martin Houzé and Pierre-Alain Jayet

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2005, vol. 32, issue 4, 583 pages

Abstract: Agriculture significantly contributes to emissions of greenhouse gases in the EU. By using a farm-type, supply-side oriented, linear-programming model of the European agriculture, the baseline levels of methane and nitrous oxide emissions are assessed at the regional level in the EU-15. For a range of CO 2 -equivalent prices, we assess the potential abatement, as well as the resulting optimal mix of emission sources in the total abatement. Furthermore, we show that the spatial variability of the abatement achieved at a given carbon price is large, indicating that abatement cost heterogeneity is a fundamental feature in the design of a mitigation policy. The cost savings permitted by market-based instruments relative to uniform standard are shown to be large. Copyright Springer 2005

Keywords: agriculture; climate change; European Union; greenhouse gas emissions; marginal abatement costs; methane; nitrous oxide; Q15; Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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