Marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves: confronting theory and practice

F Kesicki, N Strachan - Environmental science & policy, 2011 - Elsevier
Marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves are a commonly used policy tool indicating emission
abatement potential and associated abatement costs. They have been extensively used for …

Marginal abatement cost curves: a call for caution

F Kesicki, P Ekins - Climate Policy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Legal commitments to reduce CO2 emissions require policy makers to find cost-efficient
means to meet these obligations. Marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves, which illustrate the …

[PDF][PDF] Marginal abatement cost curves for policy making–expert-based vs. model-derived curves

F Kesicki - Energy Institute, University College London, 2010 - homepages.ucl.ac.uk
Legal commitments to reduce CO2 emissions require policy makers to find cost-efficient
means to meet the obligations. Marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves have frequently been …

The applicability of marginal abatement cost approach: A comprehensive review

SK Huang, L Kuo, KL Chou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) methodology is widely used in climate change
policies. Policy-makers rely on MAC to assess feasible strategies and related costs to …

Marginal abatement cost curves: Combining energy system modelling and decomposition analysis

F Kesicki - Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2013 - Springer
Marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves are a useful policy tool to communicate findings on
the technological structure and the economics of CO 2 emissions reduction. However …

Marginal abatement costs and marginal welfare costs for greenhouse gas emissions reductions: results from the EPPA model

J Morris, S Paltsev, J Reilly - Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2012 - Springer
Marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves, relationships between tonnes of emissions abated
and the CO 2 (or greenhouse gas (GHG)) price, have been widely used as pedagogic …

Marginal abatement costs and marginal welfare costs for greenhouse gas emissions reductions: results from the EPPA model

J Morris, S Paltsev, JM Reilly - 2008 - dspace.mit.edu
Marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves, relationships between tons of emissions abated and
the CO2 (or GHG) price, have been widely used as pedagogic devices to illustrate simple …

[PDF][PDF] Marginal abatement cost curves: a call for caution

P Ekins, F Kesicki, AZP Smith - London, UK: University College …, 2011 - researchgate.net
This report critically reviews various issues relating to the construction and interpretation of
marginal abatement cost curves (MACC, or MAC curves) for reducing emissions of …

A methodology for constructing marginal abatement cost curves for climate action in cities

N Ibrahim, C Kennedy - Energies, 2016 - mdpi.com
As drivers of climate action, cities are taking measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, which if left unabated pose a challenge to meeting long-term climate targets. The …

Long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases

JHM Harmsen, DP van Vuuren, DR Nayak… - … Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents a new comprehensive set of long-term Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC)
curves of all major non-CO 2 greenhouse gas emission sources. The work builds on existing …