scholarly journals Marginal Abatement Cost Curves and the Optimal Timing of Mitigation Measures

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrien Vogt-Schilb ◽  
Stephane Hallegatte
Keyword(s):  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Marginal Abatement Cost ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Optimal Timing ◽  
Cost Curves

scholarly journals Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for Water Scarcity Mitigation under Uncertainty

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 4335-4349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Sjöstrand ◽  
Andreas Lindhe ◽  
Tore Söderqvist ◽  
Peter Dahlqvist ◽  
Lars Rosén
Keyword(s):  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Marginal Abatement Cost ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Cost Curve ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Cost Curves ◽  
The Impact

Abstract As water scarcity and drought become more common, planning to avoid their consequences becomes crucial. Measures to prevent the impact of new climate conditions are expected to be extensive, costly and associated with major uncertainties. It is therefore necessary that policymakers and practitioners in both the public and private sector can compare possible mitigation measures in order to make economically rational investment decisions. For this to be successful, decision-makers need relevant decision support. This paper presents a novel approach of constructing marginal abatement cost curves for comparing water scarcity mitigation measures while taking the underlying uncertainties into account. Uncertainties in input variables are represented by probability distributions and calculations are performed using Monte Carlo simulations. This approach is applied on the island of Gotland, one of the most water-stressed parts of Sweden, to provide the first marginal abatement cost curve in Europe for water scarcity mitigation in which municipal, agricultural, industrial and household measures are compared. The results show that the agricultural measure of on-farm storage has the greatest potential to increase water availability on the island. Among municipal measures, increased groundwater extraction and desalination offer the greatest potential, although desalination is almost 25 times more costly per cubic meter. The most cost-effective measure is linked to hot water savings in the hotel industry. The approach presented provides a quantitative visualization of the financial trade-offs and uncertainties implied by different mitigation measures. It provides critical economic insights for all parties concerned and is thus an important basis for decision-making.

Sectoral marginal abatement cost curves: implications for mitigation pledges and air pollution co-benefits for Annex I countries

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Wagner ◽  
Markus Amann ◽  
Jens Borken-Kleefeld ◽  
Janusz Cofala ◽  
Lena Höglund-Isaksson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Marginal Abatement Cost ◽  
Cost Curves

Marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural climate policy: State-of-the art, lessons learnt and future potential

2018 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 705-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Eory ◽  
Sylvain Pellerin ◽  
Gema Carmona Garcia ◽  
Heikki Lehtonen ◽  
Ieva Licite ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Marginal Abatement Cost ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Cost Curves ◽  
Future Potential

Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC): Unsolved Issues, Anomalies, and Alternative Proposals

2017 ◽  
pp. 269-288
Author(s):  
José Luis Ponz-Tienda ◽  
Andrea Victoria Prada-Hernández ◽  
Alejandro Salcedo-Bernal ◽  
Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente
Keyword(s):  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Marginal Abatement Cost ◽  
Cost Curves

scholarly journals Marginal abatement cost curves and the quality of emission reductions: a case study on Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 703-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrien Vogt-Schilb ◽  
Stéphane Hallegatte ◽  
Christophe de Gouvello
Keyword(s):  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Marginal Abatement Cost ◽  
Emission Reductions ◽  
Cost Curves
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