Climate Change Mitigation Strategies and Policies

Abstract:

This project includes three aspects of the economics of climate change mitigation: (1) an economic evaluation of the effects of actual and proposed climate change mitigation policies, including cap-and-trade policies, renewable energy portfolio standards, and energy pricing policies; (2) a comparison of state energy and carbon emission intensity and climate mitigation policies, seeking to examine how state resource endowments affect policy development and resource use; (3) an examination of strategies to sequester carbon or reduce carbon emissions.

Project Partners:

• Eller College of Management
• New Mexico State University
• Western Water Assessment
• Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy