Objective The post-Kyoto period will emphasize a growing need at the European Union level for specific decisions concerning the implementation of policies that aim at reducing atmospheric emissions. Any policy mix to be considered for implementation has to take into account a number of inter-related issues: The policy must - identify inequalities in burden sharing and find ways to alleviate them (through, for example, revenue recycling of tax receipts or exemptions) - take into account technological possibilities and try to exploit the dynamics of innovation in order to promote incentives towards the development of less carbon-intensive technologies; - take into account structural changes such as in consumption patterns; - define a realistic time-schedule for the implementation of QELROs (Quantified Emission Limitation and Reduction Objectives): - not hinder economic growth. The objective of this project is to provide a tool for the consistent evaluation of policy measures in terms of their differential implications for individual EU countries, sectors and consumers, at the level of detail needed to support concrete policy-making. This will be accomplished by the use of an extended version of the highly successful Gk M-E3 general equilibrium model which was developed on behalf of the Commission, DGXII. The project can be separated in two interrelated components involving modelling research work and policy analysis through case studies. The first component concerns model development in the areas that are in the core of the climate debate, and that are inadequately covered by current empirical approaches: - endogenous representation of dynamics of innovation and technological progress and their role in economic growth; - a consistent representation of external costs of air pollution and its feedback on the behaviour of economic agents; - engineering oriented representation of the energy system; - representation of the links between policy measures and RTD orientation. The case studies will aim to analvse a bundle of measures involving policy instruments which - internalise externalities, - ensure a RTD and technology prioritisation that achieve a long-term path of high economic growth in compliance with a predetermined QELRO, - take into account the overall environmental benefits, - support the achievement of other related policy goals (e.g. employment, tax reforms, etc.). Each policy package, involving a QELRO and accompanying policy measures, will be evaluated in terms of a catalogue of economic, environmental and distributional criteria. The proposed research activity will provide important quantitative information on the complex links of technical evolution, economy, energy and environment and their relation to the concerning policy fields and measures. The expected results will be based on a methodological consistent framework which enables high flexibility to the decision maker's needs. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingsocial sciencessociologygovernancetaxationengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineeringnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment Programme(s) FP4-NNE-JOULE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0103 - Modelling Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH Address Hl 7-1 68034 Mannheim Germany See on map EU contribution No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRALE RECHERCHE SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ecole centrale paris, grande voie des vignes . 92295 Chatenay malabry See on map Other funding No data Handelshögskolan i Stockholm Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 65,sveavägen 113 83 Stockholm See on map Other funding No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 69,naamsestraat 69 3000 Louvain / leuven See on map Other funding No data NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 42,patission street 42 10682 Athens See on map Other funding No data PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5232 Villigen See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hessbruehlstrasse, 49 a 70565 Stuttgart See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSITY OF MAASTRICHT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 49,tongersestraat 49 6200 MD Maastricht See on map Other funding No data
