Development of an International Marginal Abatement Curve for High Global Warming Potential Gases

摘要

The US EPA is developing analyses to characterize the role of high GWP gases as part of a comprehensive GHG mitigation approach. The analysis will present global baseline emission estimates and marginal abatement cost data that can be used in macroeconomic analyses of climate change mitigation strategies. The costs of reducing high GWP gas emissions for each major source will be estimated and assembled into a marginal abatement curve (MAC) that shows the total emission reductions achievable at increasing monetary values of carbon.