Biofuels and Climate Change Mitigation : A CGE Analysis Incorporating Land-Use Change

Biofuels and Climate Change Mitigation : A CGE Analysis Incorporating Land-Use Change

The question of whether biofuels help mitigate climate change has attracted much debate in the literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium model that explicitly represents land-use change impacts due to the expansion of biofuels, this...

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Main Authors:	Timilsina, Govinda R., Mevel, Simon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST ANNUAL EMISSION ANNUAL EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS BIODIVERSITY BIOMASS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON DEBT CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MASS CARBON POOLS CARBON STOCK CELLULOSIC ETHANOL CHANGING LAND USE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CO2 COAL COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL CONSERVATION CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL CONVERSION OF LAND CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS CUMULATIVE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DIESEL DOMESTIC SUPPLY ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC SECTORS ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMISSION EMISSION COEFFICIENTS EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS FROM RICE FIELDS EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY CAPITAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICE ENERGY PRICES ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ETHANOL ETHANOL FROM SUGARCANE FEEDSTOCKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FOREST LAND FOREST LANDS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST STOCK FOREST STOCKS FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUELS FREE TRADE FREEZE FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL SUBSTITUTION GAS RESERVES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GHG GHGS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES IMPORTS INCOME INDIRECT EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY IPCC LABOR SUPPLY LAND -USE LAND AREA LAND CLEARING LAND CONVERSION LAND DATA LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND USE CHANGES LAND-USE LAND-USE EMISSIONS METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MITIGATION POTENTIAL NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL GAS NITROUS OXIDE OIL OILS PASTURE LAND RAIN RAINFOREST LOSS RATE OF DEFORESTATION REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS REVENUE NEUTRAL SCENARIOS SOIL CARBON TAX RATES TOTAL DEMAND TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS
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