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Deep Reinforcement Learning in Electricity Generation Investment for the Minimization of Long-Term Carbon Emissions and Electricity Costs
Alexander J. M. Kell, Pablo Salas, Jean-Francois Mercure +2
A change from a high-carbon emitting electricity power system to one based on renewables would aid in the mitigation of climate change. Decarbonization of the electricity grid woul…
Simulating the deep decarbonisation of residential heating for limiting global warming to 1.5C
Florian Knobloch, Hector Pollitt, Unnada Chewpreecha +2
Whole-economy scenarios for limiting global warming to 1.5C suggest that direct carbon emissions in the buildings sector should decrease to almost zero by 2050, but leave unanswere…
Environmental impact assessment for climate change policy with the simulation-based integrated assessment model E3ME-FTT-GENIE
J-F Mercure, H. Pollitt, N. R. Edwards +6
A high degree of consensus exists in the climate sciences over the role that human interference with the atmosphere is playing in changing the climate. Following the Paris Agreemen…
Fashion, fads and the popularity of choices: micro-foundations for diffusion consumer theory
Jean-Francois Mercure
Knowledge acquisition by consumers is a key process in the diffusion of innovations. However, in standard theories of the representative agent, agents do not learn and innovations…
The role of money and the financial sector in energy-economy models used for assessing climate policy
H. Pollitt, J. -F. Mercure
This paper outlines a critical gap in the assessment methodology used to estimate the macroeconomic costs and benefits of climate policy. It shows that the vast majority of models…
The effectiveness of policy on consumer choices for private road passenger transport emissions reductions in six major economies
J. -F. Mercure, A. Lam
The effectiveness of fiscal policy to influence vehicle purchases for emissions reductions in private passenger road transport depends on its ability to incentivise consumers to ma…