European emission mitigation policy and technological evolution - economic evaluation with the gem-e3-eg model

Información del proyecto

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: JOS3970017

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de inicio 1 Febrero 1998

Fecha de finalización 31 Julio 1999

Financiado con arreglo a

• Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Coste total

Sin datos

Aportación de la UE

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Coordinado por

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Germany

Objetivo

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.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › gestión de residuos › procesos de tratamiento de residuos › reciclaje
• ciencias sociales › sociología › gobernanza › impuestos
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › ingeniería de la contaminación atmosférica
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias ambientales › contaminación
• ciencias sociales › economía y empresa › gestión y empresas › empleo

Programa(s)

• FP4-NNE-JOULE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Tema(s)

• 0103 - Modelling

Convocatoria de propuestas

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Régimen de financiación

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinador

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: HL 7-1 ; 68034 Mannheim ; Alemania
• Coste total: Sin datos

Participantes (7)

CENTRALE RECHERCHE SA

Francia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande Voie des Vignes . ; 92295 CHATENAY MALABRY
• Coste total: Sin datos

Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Suecia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 65,Sveavägen ; 113 83 Stockholm
• Coste total: Sin datos

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Bélgica

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 69,Naamsestraat 69 ; 3000 LOUVAIN / LEUVEN
• Coste total: Sin datos

NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Grecia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 42,Patission Street 42 ; 10682 ATHENS
• Coste total: Sin datos

PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT

Suiza

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 5232 Villigen
• Coste total: Sin datos

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART

Alemania

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Hessbruehlstrasse, 49 a ; 70565 STUTTGART
• Coste total: Sin datos

UNIVERSITY OF MAASTRICHT

Países Bajos

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 49,Tongersestraat 49 ; 6200 MD MAASTRICHT
• Coste total: Sin datos