The entanglement of climate and energy policies
研究了减少化石燃料使用以降低二氧化碳排放与经济发展、能源安全之间的政策权衡，并建立模型分析这些复杂关系。
Increased CO 2 in the atmosphere increases tropospheric temperatures, thereby changing other climate attributes. However, cutting CO 2 emissions by reducing fossil fuel use raises concerns about economic development and energy security. Additional CO 2 is also directly beneficial for plants. Adaptation measures are an alternative, but those that are public goods are unlikely to be efficiently deployed without explicit government action. A model is developed to illustrate some of these complex policy trade-offs. The analysis is simplified by focusing on CO 2 accumulation in the atmosphere as a sufficient statistic for both the external effects of CO 2 and the global transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources.