Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil
Decision makers facing abatement targets need to decide which abatement measures to implement, and in which order. This paper investigates the ability of marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves to inform this decision, reanalysing a MAC curve develope...
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okr-10986-172842021-04-23T14:03:37Z Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Hallegatte, Stephane de Gouvello, Christophe ABATEMENT COSTS ABATEMENT MEASURES ABATEMENT POTENTIAL AIR ALLOWABLE CARBON EMISSIONS AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BIOMASS CARBON CARBON BUDGET CARBON ECONOMY CARBON INTENSITY CARBON NEUTRAL CARBON PRICE CARBON TAX CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE PROBLEM CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COMBUSTION COST OF ABATEMENT CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DIESEL DIFFUSION DISCOUNT RATE ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFICIENCY GAINS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY DEMAND GROWTH ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION BASELINE EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSION TARGET EMISSION-REDUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ETHANOL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FOREST MANAGEMENT FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL TYPE GASOLINE GASOLINE USE GHG GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT COST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION HEAT HEAT RECOVERY HYDRO POWER IMPORTS LIGHTNING LOW-CARBON LOW-COST EMISSION REDUCTIONS MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST MARGINAL COST MARGINAL ENERGY MAXIMUM PENETRATION MAXIMUM PENETRATION RATE NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES NUCLEAR POWER OIL OIL IMPORTS PASTURE LAND PEAK POWER PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POWER GENERATION POWER SECTOR PP PRICE SIGNAL RECOVERY FURNACE REFINERIES RENEWABLE POWER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESOURCE ECONOMICS SAND SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY CURVES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUE UNCERTAINTIES WASTE WASTE RECYCLING WASTE REDUCTION WIND WIND POWER ZERO EMISSIONS Decision makers facing abatement targets need to decide which abatement measures to implement, and in which order. This paper investigates the ability of marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves to inform this decision, reanalysing a MAC curve developed by the World Bank on Brazil. Misinterpreting MAC curves and focusing on short-term targets (e.g., for 2020) would lead to under-invest in expensive, long-to-implement and large-potential options, such as clean transportation infrastructure. Meeting short-term targets with marginal energy-efficiency improvements would lead to carbon-intensive lock-ins that make longer-term targets (e.g., for 2030 and beyond) impossible or too expensive to reach. Improvements to existing MAC curves are proposed, based on (1) enhanced data collection and reporting; (2) a simple optimization tool that accounts for constraints on implementation speeds; and (3) new graphical representations of MAC curves. Designing climate mitigation policies can be done through a pragmatic combination of two approaches. The synergy approach is based on MAC curves to identify the cheapest mitigation options and maximize co-benefits. The urgency approach considers the long-term objective (e.g., halving emissions by 2050) and works backward to identify actions that need to be implemented early, such as public support to clean infrastructure and zero-carbon technologies. 2014-03-18T19:06:11Z 2014-03-18T19:06:11Z 2014-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19258772/long-term-mitigation-strategies-marginal-abatement-cost-curves-case-study-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17284 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6808 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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ABATEMENT COSTS ABATEMENT MEASURES ABATEMENT POTENTIAL AIR ALLOWABLE CARBON EMISSIONS AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BIOMASS CARBON CARBON BUDGET CARBON ECONOMY CARBON INTENSITY CARBON NEUTRAL CARBON PRICE CARBON TAX CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE PROBLEM CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COMBUSTION COST OF ABATEMENT CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DIESEL DIFFUSION DISCOUNT RATE ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFICIENCY GAINS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY DEMAND GROWTH ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION BASELINE EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSION TARGET EMISSION-REDUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ETHANOL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FOREST MANAGEMENT FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL TYPE GASOLINE GASOLINE USE GHG GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT COST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION HEAT HEAT RECOVERY HYDRO POWER IMPORTS LIGHTNING LOW-CARBON LOW-COST EMISSION REDUCTIONS MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST MARGINAL COST MARGINAL ENERGY MAXIMUM PENETRATION MAXIMUM PENETRATION RATE NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES NUCLEAR POWER OIL OIL IMPORTS PASTURE LAND PEAK POWER PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POWER GENERATION POWER SECTOR PP PRICE SIGNAL RECOVERY FURNACE REFINERIES RENEWABLE POWER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESOURCE ECONOMICS SAND SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY CURVES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUE UNCERTAINTIES WASTE WASTE RECYCLING WASTE REDUCTION WIND WIND POWER ZERO EMISSIONS |
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ABATEMENT COSTS ABATEMENT MEASURES ABATEMENT POTENTIAL AIR ALLOWABLE CARBON EMISSIONS AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BIOMASS CARBON CARBON BUDGET CARBON ECONOMY CARBON INTENSITY CARBON NEUTRAL CARBON PRICE CARBON TAX CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE PROBLEM CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COMBUSTION COST OF ABATEMENT CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DIESEL DIFFUSION DISCOUNT RATE ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFICIENCY GAINS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY DEMAND GROWTH ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION BASELINE EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSION TARGET EMISSION-REDUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ETHANOL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FOREST MANAGEMENT FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL TYPE GASOLINE GASOLINE USE GHG GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT COST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION HEAT HEAT RECOVERY HYDRO POWER IMPORTS LIGHTNING LOW-CARBON LOW-COST EMISSION REDUCTIONS MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST MARGINAL COST MARGINAL ENERGY MAXIMUM PENETRATION MAXIMUM PENETRATION RATE NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES NUCLEAR POWER OIL OIL IMPORTS PASTURE LAND PEAK POWER PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POWER GENERATION POWER SECTOR PP PRICE SIGNAL RECOVERY FURNACE REFINERIES RENEWABLE POWER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESOURCE ECONOMICS SAND SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY CURVES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUE UNCERTAINTIES WASTE WASTE RECYCLING WASTE REDUCTION WIND WIND POWER ZERO EMISSIONS Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Hallegatte, Stephane de Gouvello, Christophe Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil |
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Decision makers facing abatement targets
need to decide which abatement measures to implement, and in
which order. This paper investigates the ability of marginal
abatement cost (MAC) curves to inform this decision,
reanalysing a MAC curve developed by the World Bank on
Brazil. Misinterpreting MAC curves and focusing on
short-term targets (e.g., for 2020) would lead to
under-invest in expensive, long-to-implement and
large-potential options, such as clean transportation
infrastructure. Meeting short-term targets with marginal
energy-efficiency improvements would lead to
carbon-intensive lock-ins that make longer-term targets
(e.g., for 2030 and beyond) impossible or too expensive to
reach. Improvements to existing MAC curves are proposed,
based on (1) enhanced data collection and reporting; (2) a
simple optimization tool that accounts for constraints on
implementation speeds; and (3) new graphical representations
of MAC curves. Designing climate mitigation policies can be
done through a pragmatic combination of two approaches. The
synergy approach is based on MAC curves to identify the
cheapest mitigation options and maximize co-benefits. The
urgency approach considers the long-term objective (e.g.,
halving emissions by 2050) and works backward to identify
actions that need to be implemented early, such as public
support to clean infrastructure and zero-carbon technologies. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Hallegatte, Stephane de Gouvello, Christophe |
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Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Hallegatte, Stephane de Gouvello, Christophe |
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Vogt-Schilb, Adrien |
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Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil |
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Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil |
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Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil |
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Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil |
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Long-Term Mitigation Strategies and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves : A Case Study on Brazil |
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long-term mitigation strategies and marginal abatement cost curves : a case study on brazil |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19258772/long-term-mitigation-strategies-marginal-abatement-cost-curves-case-study-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17284 |
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