The module 56_ghg_policy connects emissions to costs which then enter the objective function of MAgPIE. Connecting emissions with costs in a cost minimization model like MAgPIE creates an incentive to reduce emissions. This can be interpreted as an internalization of the external costs by pollution, e.g. by policies that deincentivize polluting activity. Technically, every ton of emission is multiplied with an emission price to determine emission costs. Emission sources can be excluded from pricing by switches defined in config/default.cfg.
Please note that emissions that occur only once (e.g. CO2 emissions from deforestation) are handled differently than emissions that occur in every timestep (e.g. CH4 and N2O emissions from agricultural production).
| Description | Unit | A | |
|---|---|---|---|
| im_development_state (t, i) |
Development state according to the World Bank definition where 0=low income country 1=high income country in high income level | \(1\) | x |
| im_maccs_mitigation (t, i, emis_source, pollutants) |
Technical mitigation of GHG emissions | \(percent\) | x |
| vm_cdr_aff (j) |
Total CDR from afforestation (new and existing areas) between t+1 and t=s32_planing_horizon CO2-C | \(10^6 tC\) | x |
| Description | Unit | |
|---|---|---|
| im_pollutant_prices (t, i, pollutants) |
Certificate prices for N2O-N CH4 CO2-C used in the model | \(USD_{05MER}/Mg\) |
| vm_btm_cell (j, emis_source, pollutants) |
Cellular emissions before technical mitigation | \(Tg/yr\) |
| vm_btm_reg (i, emis_source, pollutants) |
Regional emissions before technical mitigation | \(Tg/yr\) |
| vm_emission_costs (i) |
Costs for emission rights for pollutants and greenhouse gases | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) |
| vm_emissions_reg (i, emis_source, pollutants) |
Regional emissions by source and gas after technical mitigation N CH4 C | \(Tg/yr\) |
| vm_reward_cdr_aff (i) |
Regional revenues for carbon captured by afforestation | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) |
The price_sep16 realization applies pollutant prices to different emission types depending on the emission pricing policy defined in f56_emis_policy. In addition, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from afforestation 32_forestry is rewarded depending on the afforestation incentive policy defined in f56_aff_policy. For CO2 emissions from land-use change and CDR from afforestation, the growth rate of the CO2 price is used to annuitize associated emission costs. If pollutant prices are zero, which is the default for reference scenarios without mitigation, total emission costs entering the objective function are zero.
f56_emis_policy contains scenarios determining for each gas and source whether it is priced or not.
Total regional GHG emissions vm_emissions_reg are the sum of emissions from different regional and cellular sources less the fraction im_maccs_mitigation that can be abated by technicial mitigation measures (see module 57_maccs). The emisssions before technical mitigation are calculated in the respective modules (51_nitrogen, 52_carbon, 53_methane) and delivered to this module through the interface variables vm_btm_reg and vm_btm_cell.
\[\begin{multline*} vm\_emissions\_reg(i2,emis\_source,pollutants) = vm\_btm\_reg(i2,emis\_source,pollutants) \cdot \left(1 - \sum\left(ct, im\_maccs\_mitigation(ct,i2,emis\_source,pollutants)\right)\right) \end{multline*}\]
\[\begin{multline*} v56\_emis\_cell(j2,emis\_source,pollutants) = \sum_{cell(i2,j2)}\left( vm\_btm\_cell(j2,emis\_source,pollutants) \cdot \left(1 - \sum\left(ct, im\_maccs\_mitigation(ct,i2,emis\_source,pollutants)\right)\right)\right) \end{multline*}\]
\[\begin{multline*} vm\_emissions\_reg(i2,emis\_source,pollutants) = \sum_{cell(i2,j2)}v56\_emis\_cell(j2,emis\_source,pollutants) \end{multline*}\]
Emission costs are calculated by multiplying regional and cellular emissions by the emission price im_pollutant_prices taking into account the price policy that was defined above in f56_emis_policy.
\[\begin{multline*} v56\_emission\_costs\_reg\_yearly(i2,emis\_reg\_yr56) = \sum_{pollutants}\left( vm\_emissions\_reg(i2,emis\_reg\_yr56,pollutants) \cdot \sum\left(ct, p56\_emis\_policy(ct,i2,pollutants,emis\_reg\_yr56) \cdot im\_pollutant\_prices(ct,i2,pollutants)\right)\right) \end{multline*}\]
\[\begin{multline*} v56\_emission\_costs\_cell\_yearly(j2,emis\_cell\_yr56) = \sum_{pollutants}\left( v56\_emis\_cell(j2,emis\_cell\_yr56,pollutants) \cdot \sum_{ct,cell(i2,j2)}\left( p56\_emis\_policy(ct,i2,pollutants,emis\_cell\_yr56) \cdot im\_pollutant\_prices(ct,i2,pollutants)\right)\right) \end{multline*}\]
As MAgPIE is a recursive dynamic model, within the optimization of the current time step it does not account for benefits or costs in future time steps. This can be problematic for the treatment of emissions that occur only once under continuous management (such as deforestation, where the forest has been cut down the cropland can be continuously cultivated without further deforestation emissions) versus emissions that occur continously (such as fertilization emissions, that will re-occur every year for continuously management). We therefore distinguish one-off and yearly emissions, and discount one-off emissions assuming an infinite time-horizon to level them with yearly emissions. Since one-off emissions are delivered by the 52_carbon module as annual emissions they are multiplied here by the timestep length m_timestep_length to obtain emissions for the entire timestep and are then transformed back into annual costs by multiplying by the emission price and a discount factor p56_ghg_price_growth_rate that is equal to the growth rate of the emissions price.
\[\begin{multline*} v56\_emission\_costs\_reg\_oneoff(i2,emis\_reg\_one56) \geq \sum_{pollutants}\left( vm\_emissions\_reg(i2,emis\_reg\_one56,pollutants) \cdot m\_timestep\_length \cdot \sum_{ct}\left( p56\_emis\_policy(ct,i2,pollutants,emis\_reg\_one56) \cdot im\_pollutant\_prices(ct,i2,pollutants) \cdot \frac{ p56\_ghg\_price\_growth\_rate(ct,i2,pollutants)}{\left(1+p56\_ghg\_price\_growth\_rate(ct,i2,pollutants)\right)}\right) \right) \end{multline*}\]
\[\begin{multline*} v56\_emission\_costs\_cell\_oneoff(j2,emis\_cell\_one56) \geq \sum_{pollutants}\left( v56\_emis\_cell(j2,emis\_cell\_one56,pollutants) \cdot m\_timestep\_length \cdot \sum_{ct,cell(i2,j2)}\left( p56\_emis\_policy(ct,i2,pollutants,emis\_cell\_one56) \cdot im\_pollutant\_prices(ct,i2,pollutants) \cdot \frac{ p56\_ghg\_price\_growth\_rate(ct,i2,pollutants)}{\left(1+p56\_ghg\_price\_growth\_rate(ct,i2,pollutants)\right)}\right) \right) \end{multline*}\]
Total regional emission costs consist of costs from yearly and one-off emissions occuring in this region and its cells.
\[\begin{multline*} vm\_emission\_costs(i2) = \sum_{emis\_reg\_yr56} v56\_emission\_costs\_reg\_yearly(i2,emis\_reg\_yr56) + \sum_{emis\_reg\_one56} v56\_emission\_costs\_reg\_oneoff(i2,emis\_reg\_one56) + \sum_{emis\_cell\_yr56, cell(i2,j2)} v56\_emission\_costs\_cell\_yearly(j2,emis\_cell\_yr56) + \sum_{emis\_cell\_one56, cell(i2,j2)} v56\_emission\_costs\_cell\_oneoff(j2,emis\_cell\_one56) \end{multline*}\]
Benefits from carbon removal (from afforestation) are also calculated in this module taking into account the policy that was defined above in f56_aff_policy. Cost and benefits are however not summed here but in 11_costs.
\[\begin{multline*} vm\_reward\_cdr\_aff(i2) = \sum_{cell(i2,j2)}\left( v56\_reward\_cdr\_aff(j2) \right) \end{multline*}\]
\[\begin{multline*} v56\_reward\_cdr\_aff(j2) = vm\_cdr\_aff(j2) \cdot \sum_{ct,cell(i2,j2)}\left( im\_pollutant\_prices(ct,i2,"co2\_c") \cdot \frac{ p56\_ghg\_price\_growth\_rate(ct,i2,"co2\_c")}{\left(1+p56\_ghg\_price\_growth\_rate(ct,i2,"co2\_c")\right) }\right) \end{multline*}\]
Limitations There are no known limitations.
| Description | Unit | A | |
|---|---|---|---|
| f56_emis_policy (scen56, pollutants_all, emis_source) |
GHG emission policy scenarios | \(1\) | x |
| f56_pollutant_prices (t_all, i, pollutants, ghgscen56) |
GHG certificate prices for N2O-N CH4 CO2-C | \(USD_{05MER}/t\) | x |
| p56_emis_policy (t, i, pollutants, emis_source) |
GHG emission policy scenarios | \(binary\) | x |
| p56_ghg_price_growth_rate (t, i, pollutants) |
Growth rate of certificate price | \(\%/yr\) | x |
| p56_ghg_price_growth_rate_avg (i, pollutants) |
Average over time of growth rate of certificate price | \(\%/yr\) | x |
| p56_pollutant_prices_input (t, i, pollutants) |
Certificate prices for N2O-N CH4 CO2-C from input files | \(USD_{05MER}/Mg\) | x |
| q56_cell_to_reg (i, pollutants, emis_source) |
Aggregation to regional emissions | \(Tg/yr\) | x |
| q56_emission_costs (i) |
Calculation of total emission costs | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| q56_emission_costs_cell_oneoff (j, emis_cell_one56) |
Calculation of cellular costs for emissions occuring only once in time | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| q56_emission_costs_cell_yearly (j, emis_cell_yr56) |
Calculation of cellular costs for annual emissions | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| q56_emission_costs_reg_oneoff (i, emis_reg_one56) |
Calculation of regional costs for emissions occuring only once in time | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| q56_emission_costs_reg_yearly (i, emis_reg_yr56) |
Calculation of regional costs for annual emissions | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| q56_reward_cdr_aff (j) |
Cellular revenues for carbon captured by afforestation | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| q56_reward_cdr_aff_reg (i) |
Regional revenues for carbon captured by afforestation | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| q56_technical_mitigation_cell (j, pollutants, emis_source) |
Application of maccs on emissions | \(Tg/yr\) | x |
| q56_technical_mitigation_reg (i, pollutants, emis_source) |
Application of maccs on emissions | \(Tg/yr\) | x |
| s56_cprice_red_factor | reduction factor for CO2 price | \(-\) | x |
| s56_ghgprice_start | start year for ghg price phase in | x | |
| s56_limit_ch4_n2o_price | upper limit for CH4 and N2O GHG prices | \(USD_{05MER}/tC\) | x |
| s56_reward_neg_emis | reward CDR from all sources (-Inf) or only from afforestation (0) | \(1\) | x |
| v56_emis_cell (j, emis_source, pollutants) |
Cellular emissions by source and gas after technical mitigation N CH4 C | \(Tg/yr\) | x |
| v56_emission_costs_cell_oneoff (j, emis_cell_one56) |
Costs for emissions occuring only once in time | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| v56_emission_costs_cell_yearly (j, emis_cell_yr56) |
Costs for emissions occuring yearly | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| v56_emission_costs_reg_oneoff (i, emis_reg_one56) |
Costs for emissions occuring only once in time | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| v56_emission_costs_reg_yearly (i, emis_reg_yr56) |
Costs for emissions occuring yearly | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| v56_reward_cdr_aff (j) |
Cellular revenues for carbon captured by afforestation | \(10^6 USD_{05MER}/yr\) | x |
| description | |
|---|---|
| aff56 | afforestation policy scenarios |
| awms | animal waste management systems |
| cell(i, j) | Mapping between regions i and clusters j |
| ct(t) | Current time period |
| emis_cell_one56(emis_source_cell) | cellular oneoff emission sources |
| emis_cell_yr56(emis_source_cell) | cellular yearly emission sources |
| emis_reg_one56(emis_source_reg) | regional oneoff emission sources |
| emis_reg_yr56(emis_source_reg) | regional yearly emission sources |
| emis_source | Emission sources |
| emis_source_cell(emis_source) | Cellular emission sources |
| emis_source_n_cropsoils51(emis_source) | activities that lead to emissions |
| emis_source_reg(emis_source) | Regional emission sources |
| ghgscen56 | ghg price scenarios |
| i | World regions |
| i2(i) | World regions (dynamic set) |
| j | Spatial clusters |
| j2(j) | Spatial Clusters (dynamic set) |
| n_pollutants_direct(n_pollutants) | subset of n pollutants |
| n_pollutants(pollutants) | subset of n pollutants |
| pollutant_nh3no2_51(n_pollutants_direct) | nitrogen emissions relevant for deposition |
| pollutants_all | all pollutants |
| pollutants(pollutants_all) | subset of pollutants_all that can be taxed |
| scen56 | emission policy scenarios |
| t_all | 5-year time periods |
| t(t_all) | Simulated time periods |
| type | GAMS variable attribute used for the output |
Benjamin Bodirsky, Florian Humpenoeder
09_drivers, 11_costs, 32_forestry, 51_nitrogen, 52_carbon, 53_methane, 56_ghg_policy, 57_maccs