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Economic tools to promote transparency and comparability in the Paris Agreement

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  • Joseph Aldy

    (Harvard University
    Resources for the Future
    National Bureau of Economic Research
    Center for Strategic and International Studies)

  • William Pizer

    (Resources for the Future
    National Bureau of Economic Research
    Duke University)

  • Massimo Tavoni

    (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
    Centro Euromediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
    Politecnico di Milano)

  • Lara Aleluia Reis

    (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
    Centro Euromediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC))

  • Keigo Akimoto

    (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth)

  • Geoffrey Blanford

    (Energy and Environmental Analysis Research Group, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))

  • Carlo Carraro

    (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
    Centro Euromediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
    University of Venice)

  • Leon E. Clarke

    (Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park)

  • James Edmonds

    (Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park)

  • Gokul C. Iyer

    (Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park)

  • Haewon C. McJeon

    (Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park)

  • Richard Richels

    (Energy and Environmental Analysis Research Group, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))

  • Steven Rose

    (Energy and Environmental Analysis Research Group, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))

  • Fuminori Sano

    (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth)

Abstract

Results from four integrated assessment models show countries’ efforts to cut emissions fall towards the lower end of the social cost of carbon distribution, suggesting insufficient levels of ambition to meet the Paris Agreement goals.

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  • Joseph Aldy & William Pizer & Massimo Tavoni & Lara Aleluia Reis & Keigo Akimoto & Geoffrey Blanford & Carlo Carraro & Leon E. Clarke & James Edmonds & Gokul C. Iyer & Haewon C. McJeon & Richard Riche, 2016. "Economic tools to promote transparency and comparability in the Paris Agreement," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(11), pages 1000-1004, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:11:d:10.1038_nclimate3106
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3106
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