Marginal Abatement Cost Curves and the Quality of Emission Reductions : A Case Study on Brazil

Decision makers facing emission-reduction targets need to decide which abatement measures to implement, and in which order. This article investigates how marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves can inform such a decision. We re-analyse a MAC curve built for Brazil by 2030, and show that misinterpreting...

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Main Authors: Vogt-Schilb, Adrien, Hallegatte, Stéphane, de Gouvello, Christophe
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20660