PAGE simulates the economic and environmental impact of policies to address climate change. The launch verison of the Climate Collaboratorium uses only one a single module of PAGE, the one that assesses the economic cost of damages caused by climate change.
Overview
Model name Policy Analysis of the Greenhouse Effect (PAGE)
Brief description PAGE projects future increases in global mean temperature (GMT), the economic costs of damanges caused by climate change, and the economic costs of mitigation policies and adaptation measures that are adopted.
Model developer(s) Chris Hope (with John Anderson, Paul Wenman, and Erica Plambeck)
Institutional affiliation of developer(s) Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Date created 1991
Date of most recent revision 2002 (updated version known as PAGE2002)
Model accessibility Model is run by developers to test various policy scenarios, with results published extensively (see list of publications below).
Documentation Chris Hope. 2006. The Marginal Impact of CO2 from PAGE 2002: An Integrated Assessment Model Incorporating the IPCC's Five Reasons for Concern. Integrated Assessment Journal 6 (1): 9-56.
Key publications Simon Dietz, Chris Hope, Nicola Patmore. 2007. Some economics of 'dangerous' climate change: Reflections on the Stern Review. Global Environmental Change 17: 311-325.
Model attributes
Model type For example, General circulation model (GCM) or Integrated assessment model (IAM) or other (followed by acronym)
Geographic scope Extent of geographic coverage
Geographic resolution Level of geographic disaggregation
Start date Earliest date when model runs can begin
End date Latest date when model runs can end
Time step Number of years between discrete
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Key modules and linkages between them
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This write up of PAGE includes three major sections:
- PAGE overview
- PAGE attributes
- PAGE modules
- Economic costs of damages
- Non-econonomic costs of damages
- Impact of adaptation
Variables and key assumptions
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