Mitigation Efforts Calculator (MEC)

Thanh Binh Nguyen (), Lena Hoeglund-Isaksson (), Fabian Wagner () and Wolfgang Schoepp ()
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Thanh Binh Nguyen: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Lena Hoeglund-Isaksson: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Fabian Wagner: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Wolfgang Schoepp: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Information Systems Frontiers, 2013, vol. 15, issue 2, No 6, 223-233

Abstract: Abstract The Mitigation Efforts Calculator (MEC) has been developed by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) as an online tool to compare greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation proposals by various countries for the year 2020. In this paper, first we introduce the MEC conceptual model, i.e. the methodology and system architecture. We then discuss the abstract formulation of four different international greenhouse gas trading regimes that are conceivable. Hereafter, the optimization process and its output results, namely cost curves are presented. Finally, we illustrate the MEC as a tool for interactively evaluating complex cost curve information in the context of GHG mitigation targets as currently discussed in international climate policy circles.

Keywords: Business intelligence; Decision model; Interactive system; Optimisation; Cost curves (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s10796-012-9362-0

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