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Tol, Richard S J, Heintz, Roebyem J and Lammers, Petronella E M (2003) Methane emission reduction: An application of Fund. Climatic Change, 57 (1-2). pp. 71-98. ISSN 0165-0009
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Methane is, after carbon dioxide, the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas. Governments plan to abate methane emissions. A crude set of estimates of reduction costs is included in FUND, an integrated assessment model of climate change. In a cost-benefit analysis, methane emission reduction is found to be instrumental in controlling the optimal rate of climate change. In a cost-effectiveness analysis, methane emission reduction largely replaces carbon dioxide emission reduction. Methane emission reduction reinforces the case for international cooperation in climate policy, but complicates the efficient allocation of emission reduction efforts. Methane emission reduction at the short run does not help to achieve the ultimate objective of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools and Departments: | School of Business, Management and Economics > Economics |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences > GE170 Environmental policy H Social Sciences > HB Economic theory. Demography |
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| Depositing User: | Richard Tol |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2012 11:49 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2012 17:12 |
| URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38362 |