Mimi-PAGE, an open-source implementation of the PAGE09 integrated assessment model.
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SUBMITTER: Moore FC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6154285 | biostudies-other | 2018 Sep
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Mimi-PAGE, an open-source implementation of the PAGE09 integrated assessment model.
Moore Frances C FC Rising James J Lollo Niklas N Springer Cecilia C Vasquez Valeri V Dolginow Alex A Hope Chris C Anthoff David D
Scientific data 20180925
Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) have become critical tools for assessing the costs and benefits of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Three models currently inform the social cost of carbon dioxide (SCCO<sub>2</sub>, the net present value of damages from one additional ton of CO<sub>2</sub>) used by the US federal government, several states, and Canada. Here we present a new open-source implementation of one of these models (PAGE09) in the Julia programming language using a modular ...[more]
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