Modelling Long-Term Scenarios for Low-Carbon Societies

ISBN-13: 9781844075942 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 178 str.

Neil Strachan; Tim Foxon; Junitso Fujino

Opis

This volume, a special issue of 'Climate Policy' journal, examines different low carbon scenarios for different countries, modelled at different scales and typologies to combat the ever-increasing impacts of climate change. It also features economical and technological consequences involved.

Spis treści

Low-Carbon Society (LCS) Modelling * Policies and Practices for a Low-Carbon Society * Policy Implications from the Low-Carbon Society (LCS) Modelling Project * Achieving the G8 50% Target: Modelling Induced and Accelerated Technological Change Using the Macro-econometric Model E3MG * Global Emission Reductions Through a Sectoral Intensity Target Scheme * A Globa Perspective to Achieve a Low-Carbon Society (LCS): Scenario Analysis with the ETSAP-TIAM Model * Implications for the USA of Stabilization of Radiative Forcing at 3.4W/m2 * Permit Sellers, Permit Buyers: China and Canada's Roles in a Global Low-Carbon Society * Back-Casting Analysis for 70% Emission Reduction in Japan by 2050 * The Role of International Drivers on UK Scenarios of a Low-Carbon Society * Effects of Carbon Tax on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Thailand * Low-Carbon Society Scenarios for India

O autorze

Dr Neil Strachan is a Senior Research Fellow in the environment, politics and development (EPD) research group at Kings College, London. Dr Tim Foxon is a Research Councils UK Academic Fellow at the University of Leeds Sustainability Research Institute. Dr Junichi Fujino is a senior researcher in the Climate Policy Assessment Section, Centre for Global Environmental Research (CGER) at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan.