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22 - Past, present, and future of non-CO2 gas mitigation analysis

from Part III - Mitigation of greenhouse gases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2010

By
Francisco C. de la Chesnaye ,
Casey Delhotal ,
Benjamin DeAngelo ,
Deborah Ottinger-Schaefer  and
Dave Godwin
Edited by
Michael E. Schlesinger ,
Haroon S. Kheshgi ,
Joel Smith ,
Francisco C. de la Chesnaye ,
John M. Reilly ,
Tom Wilson  and
Charles Kolstad
Francisco C. de la Chesnaye
Affiliation:
Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (6207J) Washington, DC 20460, USA
Casey Delhotal
Affiliation:
Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.; NW (6207J), Washington, DC 20460, USA
Benjamin DeAngelo
Affiliation:
Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory Starr Building, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Deborah Ottinger-Schaefer
Affiliation:
Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (6207J) Washington, DC 20460, USA
Dave Godwin
Affiliation:
Stratospheric Protection Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (6205J) Washington, DC 20460 USA
Michael E. Schlesinger
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Haroon S. Kheshgi
Affiliation:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
Joel Smith
Affiliation:
Stratus Consulting Ltd, Boulder
Francisco C. de la Chesnaye
Affiliation:
US Environmental Protection Agency
John M. Reilly
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tom Wilson
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto
Charles Kolstad
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Summary

Introduction

“Other greenhouse gases” (OGHGs) and “non-CO2 greenhouse gases” (NCGGs): these are terms that are now much more familiar to the climate modeling community than they were a decade ago. Much of the increased analytical relevance of these gases, which include methane, nitrous oxide, and a group of fluorinated compounds, is due to work conducted under the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) and facilitated by meetings at Snowmass, Colorado, going back to 1998.

The two principal insights from over five years of analysis on NCGGs are (1) the range of economic sectors from which these emissions originate is far larger and more diverse than for carbon dioxide (CO2); and (2) the mitigation costs for these sectors and their associated gases can be lower than for energy-related CO2. Taken together, these two factors result in a larger portfolio of potential mitigation options, and thus more potential for reduced costs, for a given climate policy objective. This is especially important where carbon dioxide is not the dominant gas, on a percentage basis, for a particular economic sector and even for a particular region.

This paper provides an analytical history of non-CO2 work and also lays out promising new areas of further research. There are five sections following this introduction. Section 22.2 provides a summary of non-CO2 gases and important economic sectors. Section 22.3 covers early efforts to estimate non-CO2 emissions and mitigation potential. Section 22.5 covers recent work focusing on mitigation.

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Human-Induced Climate Change
An Interdisciplinary Assessment
 , pp. 266 - 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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