Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name:  Jesper Jensen 
Title:  Flexible Multi-gas Climate Policies
Classification-JEL: F0
Pages:  163-176
Volume:  Multi-Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Climate Policy
Issue:  Special Issue #3
Year:  2006
Abstract:  I analyse the costs of policies aimed at stabilising global climate change. I show that abatement of all major greenhouse gases is important to the costs of climate policies and that flexible reduction of methane and other non-CO2 gases may reduce costs significantly. The non-CO2 gases offer many low-cost abatement options and this reduces the need for abatement of CO2 to stabilise climate change. Multi-gas flexibility may be important if climate policies reflect not only long-term stabilisation, but also the rate at which the climate changes, as the latter may require large reductions in emissions in the short-term. 
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