A study on systems for a clean development mechanism to reduce CO 2 emissions

Ryuji Matsuhashi, We Chang and Hisashi Ishitani

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 1999, vol. 2, issue 4, 289-303

Abstract: The clean development mechanism (CDM) is expected to facilitate technology transfer from developed to developing countries, as well as to economically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This article aims at evaluating strategies in CDM, in which developing countries can improve industrial energy efficiency with financial support from developed countries. First, we investigated characteristics of the systems utilizing game theory. Analytical results revealed that technology transfer through the system might be considerably diminished, depending on the shapes of the marginal cost functions for reducing CO 2 . Next we estimated actual marginal cost curves of countries involved in CDM, in order to know the cost-effectiveness of CO 2 reduction options. Input-output tables were utilized in this analysis, since these are established in developing countries as well as in developed countries. We have transformed one country’s input-output table to be adjusted against another country, taking the difference in goods prices into consideration. As far as data on the economy and industry are concerned, we used those from Japan and China, since China has been rapidly increasing its economic scale and greenhouse gas emissions. However, the implications from these analyses are useful also for other countries. Copyright Springer Japan 1999

Keywords: CO 2 emissions; Clean development mechanism; Marginal cost functions; Input-output table; Japan and China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/BF03353916

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