Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Reports: Recent submissions

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    • The Impact of Climate Policy on U.S. Aviation 

      Winchester, Niven; Wollersheim, C.; Clewlow, R.; Jost, N.C.; Paltsev, Sergey; e.a. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2011-04)
      We evaluate the impact of an economy-wide cap-and-trade policy on U.S. aviation taking the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R.2454) as a representative example. We use an economywide model to estimate the ...

    • The Prospects for Coal-To-Liquid Conversion: A General Equilibrium Analysis 

      Chen, Y.-H. Henry; Reilly, John M.; Paltsev, Sergey (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2011-05)
      We investigate the economics of coal-to-liquid (CTL) conversion, a polygeneration technology that produces liquid fuels, chemicals, and electricity by coal gasification and Fischer-Tropsch process. CTL is more expensive ...

    • Health Damages from Air Pollution in China 

      Matus, Kira; Nam, Kyung-Min; Selin, Noelle E.; Lamsal, Lok N.; Reilly, John M.; e.a. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2011-03)
      In China, elevated levels of urban air pollution result in substantial adverse health impacts for its large and rapidly growing urban population. An expanded version of the Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA), ...