Abstract
How much greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions should be reduced to mitigate their adverse effects on climate change is a global issue. As the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2008–2012) reached its end, a heated discussion continued over the post-Kyoto Protocol treaty, which urged the Japanese government to set Japan’s medium-term target for limiting GHG emissions. Quantitative economic models were expected to play an essential role in this policy discussion. Chapter 8 describes the contributions that economic models can make to the policy debate over Japan’s reduction target and offers some remarks on their use.
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Relevant materials, including the minutes of this meeting, are available on the Cabinet website: http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/index.html.
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AIM is the abbreviation for Asian Pacific Integrated Model.
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DNE is the abbreviation for Dynamic New Earth.
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One exception is Sugino and Arimura (2011). They examined the impacts of intensity target on investment in Japanese manufacturing sectors.
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Arimura, T.H., Iwata, K. (2015). The Impact on the Japanese Economy of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Economic Models. In: An Evaluation of Japanese Environmental Regulations. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9947-8_8
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