Contact: Henry D. Jacoby
Activities: Description: The JOINT PROGRAM is focused on the integration of natural and social science aspects of the climate issue, to produce analyses relevant to ongoing national and international discussions. 

Its cornerstone is the MIT INTEGRATED GLOBAL SYSTEM MODEL (IGSM), a comprehensive research tool for analyzing potential anthropogenic global climate change and its social and environmental consequences. 
Publications:

The Role of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases in Climate Policy: Analysis Using the MIT IGSM Reilly, J., M. Sarofim, S. Paltsev and R.G. Prinn (August 2004) [PDF: 231 kB]

"Stabilization and Global Climate Policy" Sarofim, M., C.E. Forest, D.M. Reiner & J.M. Reilly (July 2004) 4 [PDF: 284 kB]

The safety valve and climate policy Energy Policy, Volume 32, Issue 4, March 2004, Pages 481-491 Henry D. Jacoby and A. Denny Ellerman

Absolute versus intensity-based emission caps Climate Policy, Volume 3, Supplement 2, December 2003, Pages S7-S20 A. Denny Ellerman and Ian Sue Wing

Ellerman, A.D. and I.S. Wing, Absolute vs. Intensity-Based Emission Caps Ellerman, A.D., & I. Sue Wing (Dec. 2003) [PDF: 270 kB] 

Uncertainty Analysis of Climate Change and Policy Response Webster, M., C. Forest, J. Reilly, M. Babiker, D. Kicklighter, M. Mayer, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim, A. Sokolov, P. Stone & C. Wang (Nov. 2003) [PDF: 325 kB]

Russia's Role in the Kyoto Protocol Bernard, A., S. Paltsev, J.M. Reilly, M. Vielle & L. Viguier (June 2003) [PDF: 386 kB]

Tax Distortions and Global Climate Policy Babiker, M.H., G.E. Metcalf & J. Reilly (April 2003) [PDF: 1.03 MB]

Jacoby, H.D. and A.D. Ellerman (2002) The ‘Safety Valve’ and Climate Policy, MIT Report No. 83, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. 

Babiker, M.J. and R.S. Eckaus (2000) Rethinking the Kyoto Emission Targets, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report No.65

Jacoby, H.D., R. Schmalensee and I.S. Wing (1999) Towards a workable architecture for climate change negotiations. MIT Report No. 49, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

Greenhouse Policy Architectures and Institutions, Richard Schmalensee 1996

Address:

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77 Massachusetts Ave

Cambridge MA 02139

USA
Phone: (617) 253-7492
Fax: (617) 253-9845
E-mail: hjacoby@mit.edu
Webpage: http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/

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