Description
Allows users to enter inputs that descibe regional/national emission reduction policies, projects regional/national emissions under those policies, and calculates national/regional and global emissions.
Policies can be simulated for the 2010-2100 time period.
Input variables
C-LEARN users can enter inputs that describe a single kind of policy:
- Percentage emissions reductions in target year vs. baseline year
C-ROADSs allows inputs that describe three additional kinds of policies:
- Percentage annual reduction in emissions from start year to end of policy
- Policies based on emission intensity targets (emissions per unit of GDP)
- Policies that seek national/regional convergence in per capital emissions or emission intensity
Key assumptions
- Historical emissions/GDP and forecasted future population/GDP from data sources listed in C-LEARN attributes
- National groupings listed on page 16 of C-ROADS Simulator Reference Guide. C-LEARN allows for 3 regional groupings (Developed Countries, Rapidly Developing Countries, Other Developing Countries), while C-ROADS allows testing of policies with 3, 7, or 15 regional groupings.
Output variables
- Future national/regional emissions
- Future global emissions (feeds into Carbon cycle module)
- Future national/regional emissions per capita
- Future national/regional emissions intensity
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