Climate Technology Strategy 2: The Macro-Economic Cost and Benefit of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the European Union

Abstract

This book provides a synthesis of the macro-economic results of the large-scale project entitled "Climate Technology Strategy within Competitive Energy Markets" partly financed by the European Commission under the Non Nuclear Energy (JOULE III) EU-RTD programme (Contract JOS3-CT95-0008). Research in this project involved several organisations from almost all European Union member-states, including: ICCS/NTUA (co-ordinator), CES/KULeuven, GRETA Associati, University of Mannheim/ZEW, ESD Ltd., IEPE/CNRS, IDEI, IPTS/JRC, UCL/CORE, SSE/EFI, KFA/STE, ENSPM-FI/CEG, University of Strathclyde, IER/University of Stuttgart, VTT, ETSU, IIASA/ECS, ERASME/CCIP, ECOSIM Cons. Ltd., OME, BPB, CRES. In relation of the "pre-and post-Kyoto" context for Climate Change and also with respect to the preparation of the Vth EU-RTD Framework Programme, a large exploitation of the results is being made. Huguette Laval of the European Commission, DGXII, was the project scientific officer. With Pierre Valette, Head of the Unit in DGXII, they have given fruitful I advices for the project. Thanks are given to them.