ENERGY MARKET FAILURE IN ROAD TRANSPORT - IS THERE SCOPE FOR NO REGRETS GREENHOUSE-GAS REDUCTION

Authors
NAUGHTEN B BOWEN B BECK T
Citation
B. Naughten et al., ENERGY MARKET FAILURE IN ROAD TRANSPORT - IS THERE SCOPE FOR NO REGRETS GREENHOUSE-GAS REDUCTION, Climatic change, 25(3-4), 1993, pp. 271-288
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Climatic change → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650009
Volume
25
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
271 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0009(1993)25:3-4<271:EMFIRT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The Australian Government policy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissi ons announced in 1990 includes exploring the scope for immediate, low cost reductions. Such measures can be taken as including 'no regrets' policies: those that, in addition to mitigating potential climate chan ge, confer economic gains (including other environmental benefits) whi ch exceed their costs. Some possible 'no regrets' opportunities and po licies are identified relevant to energy use by the road transport sec tor over the period to 2020. The MARKAL-MENSA multi-period linear prog ramming model of the Australian energy sector is used to investigate t he cost-effectiveness of these policies.