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

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 pap...

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Published in:Energy economics 2012-12, Vol.34 (Supplement), p.S251-S260
Main Authors: Calvin, Katherine, Clarke, Leon, Krey, Volker, Blanford, Geoffrey, Jiang, Kejun, Kainuma, Mikiko, Kriegler, Elmar, Luderer, Gunnar, Shukla, P.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Climate change
Energy consumption
Energy sector
Environmental policy
Global warming
Integrated assessment models
Population
Rural development
Technology
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Summary: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. ► Compares results of 23 energy-economic and integrated assessment models, focused on Asia ► Documents the development of emissions scenarios focused on Asia ► Assesses differences in base year data, baseline assumptions, technological deployment, and emissions abatement across models
ISSN:0140-9883
1873-6181
DOI:10.1016/j.eneco.2012.09.003