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

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    • 21st Century Changes in U.S. Heavy Precipitation Frequency Based on Resolved Atmospheric Patterns 

      Gao, X.; Schlosser, C.A.; O'Gorman, P.; Monier, E.; Entekhabi, D. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2016-10)
      Gridded precipitation-gauge observations and global atmospheric reanalysis are combined to develop an analogue method for detecting the occurrence of heavy precipitation events based on the prevailing large-scale atmospheric ...

    • Combining Price and Quantity Controls under Partitioned Environmental Regulation 

      Abrell, J.; Rausch, S. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2016-07)
      This paper analyzes hybrid emissions trading systems (ETS) under partitioned environmental regulation when firms’ abatement costs and future emissions are uncertain. We show that hybrid policies that introduce bounds on ...

    • The Impact of Water Scarcity on Food, Bioenergy and Deforestation 

      Winchester, N.; Ledvina, K.; Strzepek, K.; Reilly, J.M. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2016-07)
      We evaluate the impact of explicitly representing irrigated land and water scarcity in an economy-wide model on food prices, bioenergy production and deforestation both with and without a global carbon policy. The analysis ...