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Mitigation Efforts Calculator (MEC)

Authors: Thanh Binh Nguyen, Lena Hoeglund-Isaksson, Fabian Wagner, Wolfgang Schoepp

Published in: Information Systems Frontiers | Issue 2/2013

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The Mitigation Efforts Calculator (MEC) has been developed by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) as an online tool to compare greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation proposals by various countries for the year 2020. In this paper, first we introduce the MEC conceptual model, i.e. the methodology and system architecture. We then discuss the abstract formulation of four different international greenhouse gas trading regimes that are conceivable. Hereafter, the optimization process and its output results, namely cost curves are presented. Finally, we illustrate the MEC as a tool for interactively evaluating complex cost curve information in the context of GHG mitigation targets as currently discussed in international climate policy circles.

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Title: Mitigation Efforts Calculator (MEC)
Authors: Thanh Binh Nguyen
Lena Hoeglund-Isaksson
Fabian Wagner
Wolfgang Schoepp
Publication date: 01-04-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Information Systems Frontiers / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1387-3326
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9419
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-012-9362-0

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