Open AccessEconomic and Energy Development in China: Policy Options and Implications for Climate Change
Author(s) -
M. B. McElroy,
Chris P. Nielsen
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/834528
Subject(s) - china , climate change , investment (military) , damages , pollution , air pollution , multidisciplinary approach , natural resource economics , business , environmental planning , environmental science , economics , political science , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , politics , law , biology
The Harvard University Center for the Environment and partner institutions in China established a multidisciplinary program of integrated research on energy-related environmental issues, local air pollution and global climate change, in China and their role in U.S.-Chinese relations. Major research streams included: (a) developing a dynamic, multi-sector model of the Chinese economy that can estimate energy use, emission, and health damages from pollution, and using this model to simulate broad economic effects of market-based pollution-control policies; (b) developing a regionally disaggregated model of technology and investment choice in the Chinese electric power sector; (c) applying an atmospheric chemical tracer transport model to investigate carbon uptake in Eurasis (notably China) and North America, and to inform observational strategies for CO{sub 2} in China and elsewhere