Publications

July 28, 2017

Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage can reduce EU’s Energy Roadmap costs with 15-75%

Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage can reduce EU’s Energy Roadmap costs with 15-75%, English, Pdf, 614.4 KB

Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage can reduce costs of EU’s Energy Roadmap with 15-75%. Background document to CPB Policy Brief 2017/02 →

January 19, 2017

Biomass-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage Should Be Used Immediately

Biomass-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage Should Be Used Immediately, Pdf, 4.4 MB

In this Policy Brief, we analyse the potential role of negative‐emissions technology in reducing these emissions. →

December 6, 2016

Valuation of CO2 emissions in CBA: implications of the scenario study Welfare, Prosperity and the Human Environment

Valuation of CO2 emissions in CBA: implications of the scenario study Welfare, Prosperity and the Human Environment, Pdf, 1.6 MB

The scenario study Welfare, Prosperity and the Human Environment (WLO ) forecasts long-term developments on four topics, climate being one of them. The study’s climate scenarios have been constructed taking into account various ways of international collaboration on the climate issue around the world. The WLO climate scenarios are characterised by a CO2 emission budget for the rest of the century and an associated CO2 emission reduction target. →

January 23, 2015

Technological Uncertainty in Meeting Europe’s Decarbonisation Goals

Technological Uncertainty in Meeting Europe’s Decarbonisation Goals, English, Pdf, 3.3 MB

In response to the challenge of managing the risks of a changing climate, there is no single optimal transition path for energy technology due to uncertainty in several dimensions. →

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December 4, 2014

The social discount rate under a stochastic A2 scenario

The social discount rate under a stochastic A2 scenario, English, Pdf, 1.7 MB

Using a general equilibrium model in which both capital productivity and temperature are uncertain, we show that the social discount rate (SDR) will decline. →

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September 5, 2013

Optimal Discount Rates for Investments in Mitigation and Adaptation

Optimal Discount Rates for Investments in Mitigation and Adaptation, English, Pdf, 906.6 KB

This paper develops a theory of asset pricing in which discount rates for investments in all assets, including adaptation and mitigation, are endogenously determined. →