Climate Change and the Economics of Targeted Mitigation in Sectors with Long-Lived Capital Stock

Mitigation investments in long-lived capital stock (LLKS) differ from other types of mitigation investments in that, once established, LLKS can lock-in a stream of emissions for extended periods of time. Moreover, historical examples from industria...

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Main Authors:	Shalizi, Zmarak, Lecocq, Franck
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AIR TRAFFIC ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION ARTERIAL ROADS ARTERY ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION BASELINE EMISSIONS BIOMASS BOILERS BRIDGE CALCULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL STOCKS CAPITAL TURNOVER CARBON CARBON CAP CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CARS CARBON CONSTRAINTS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON ENERGY CARBON EQUIVALENT CARBON FINANCE CARBON INTENSITY CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON TAX CARS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE-CHANGE CO2 COAL CONCENTRATION TARGET CONGESTION CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY COST OF CARBON COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COSTS OF ABATEMENT CROSSING DAMAGES DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC CARBON DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMISSION EMISSION ALLOWANCES EMISSION PATH EMISSION PATHS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION TARGETS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ALLOWANCES EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL-FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS GOALS EMISSIONS GROWTH EMISSIONS INTENSITY EMISSIONS PATH EMISSIONS PATHS EMISSIONS PER PASSENGER EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS SAVINGS EMISSIONS STANDARDS EMISSIONS TARGETS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES EXPRESSWAYS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL BARRIERS FLOOR AREA FLOOR SPACE FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL-FUEL EMISSIONS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL OIL FUEL SUPPLY FUEL SWITCHING FUELS GAS GASOLINE GASOLINE USE GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS HARMFUL EMISSIONS HEATING SYSTEMS HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC HFC23 HIGH SPEED TRAIN HIGH SPEEDS HIGH-SPEED LINES HIGH-SPEED RAIL HIGH-SPEED RAIL NETWORK HIGH-SPEED TRAIN HIGHWAY HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAY PROGRAM HIGHWAY SYSTEMS HIGHWAYS HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IPCC LAND USE LOCAL AIR POLLUTION LONG-TERM EMISSIONS PATHS LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGIES LOW-CARBON METHANE MILEAGE MODAL SHARE MODAL SHARES MODAL SHIFT N2O NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM NATIONAL RAILWAY NATURAL GAS NITROUS OXIDE NUCLEAR ENERGY NUCLEAR POWER NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS POLLUTION POLLUTION EXTERNALITIES POPULATION GROWTH POWER GENERATION POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PRESENT VALUE PRICE INCENTIVES PRICE SIGNAL PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS RAIL RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL NETWORKS RAIL RIDERSHIP RAIL TRACK RAIL TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY NETWORK RAILWAYS RELATIVE PRICE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESIDENTIAL USE RETROFITTING RIDER RIDERSHIP RING ROAD ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRAFFIC ROADS RURAL ROADS SCENARIOS SUPPLY SIDE TAX TOTAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION TOTAL EMISSIONS TRADABLE EMISSIONS TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION DEMAND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIME TRIPS TRUCKS TRUE TUNNELS URBAN HIGHWAY URBAN TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE VEHICLE ENGINES VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLE MILES VEHICLES WIND WIND ENERGY
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