Poster's note : sounds interesting, but hard to decipher from abstract. I hope someone can reply with the paper
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147971400574X Journal of Environmental Management 15 March 2015, Vol.151:22–32, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.11.033 Strategic effects of future environmental policy commitments: Climate change, solar radiation management and correlated air pollutants Jingwen Qu Emilson Caputo Delfino Silva Highlights •Solar radiation management (SRM) is an attractive option to carbon reduction. •If nations commit to SRM, national carbon quotas rise with national SRM levels. •If nations commit to SRM, the global temperature falls. •A nation has an incentive to be a policy leader in either carbon or SRM policy. •The globe prefers simultaneous policy commitments in SRM policy. Abstract We study the effects of environmental policy commitments in a futuristic world in which solar radiation management (SRM) can be utilized to reduce climate change damages. Carbon and sulfur dioxide emissions (correlated pollutants) can be reduced through tradable permits. We show that if nations simultaneously commit to carbon permit policies, national SRM levels rise with carbon quotas. Alternatively, if they simultaneously commit to SRM policies, the global temperature falls with each unit increase in the global SRM level. A nation always wishes to be a leader in policymaking, but prefers carbon to SRM policymaking. The globe prefers SRM policy commitments. Keywords Strategic environmental policy Policy commitments Correlated pollutants Solar radiation management Climate change -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
