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Forests, land use and climate change: Deriving optimal carbon policies for biomass utilization 9.12.2014 IEA Task 38 Workshop on Forests Aapo Rautiainen Jussi Lintunen Jussi Uusivuori In this presentation We present a model which


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Forests, land use and climate change:

Deriving optimal carbon policies for biomass utilization

9.12.2014 IEA Task 38 Workshop on Forests Aapo Rautiainen Jussi Lintunen Jussi Uusivuori

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In this presentation…

We present a model which includes:

– The allocation of land to competing uses – The allocation of biomass to competing uses – Carbon storage in biomass, soils and products

We use it to derive an efficient (tax) policy for regulating of biomass emissions

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What its based on

Lintunen, J. and Uusivuori, J. 2014. On the economics of Forest Carbon: Renewable and Carbon Neutral But Not Emission

  • Free. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

Working Paper Series. 13.2014. Rautiainen, A. Lintunen, J. and Uusivuori,

  • J. (Work in Progress)
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Stand-level analysis:

– van Kooten ym. 1995, Hoen & Solberg 1994

National-level analysis:

– Tahvonen 1995

Substitution vs. Carbon storage:

– Marland ja Schlamadinger 1997

Bioenergy emissions:

– Fargione ym. 2008, Searchinger ym. 2009 ja Repo

  • ym. 2011

5.11.2014

Earlier Research (e.g.)

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I Model properties

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The carbon cycle

Carbon fluxes Carbon pools Atmospheric carbon pool Living forest biomass Oceanic carbon pool Emissions from fossil fuel use in energy production Emissions from production of non- renewable materials and fertilizer Energy use Decay Growth Consumption

  • f crops

and residues Annual carbon cycling in agriculture Energy use, short-lived wood products, waste from producing long-lived products Growth Long-lived wood products Harvested Wood Products Waste Landfill

Legend:

Decay Soil carbon Uncollected residues Litter Uncollected residues

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EOM for atmospheric C

1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑇𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁 =

+𝜁𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝜁𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝜁𝑤 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑤𝑗𝑢𝑦𝑗1𝑢 +

𝑗=1 𝑂+1 𝑏=1 𝐵𝑗 𝑘=1 𝐾𝑗

𝜀𝑗𝑘

𝑇𝑇𝑗𝑏𝑘𝑢 𝑇

+ 𝜀𝑀𝐺𝑇𝑢

𝑀𝐺

𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝐷 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝑆 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐺 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐹 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇

−𝜁𝑥𝐻𝑢

𝑋 + 𝜁𝑥 𝑥𝑢 𝑄 + 1 − 𝛽 𝑥𝑢 𝑀 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐹 + 𝑥𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

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EOM for atmospheric C

1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑇𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁 =

+𝜁𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝜁𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝜁𝑤 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑤𝑗𝑢𝑦𝑗1𝑢 +

𝑗=1 𝑂+1 𝑏=1 𝐵𝑗 𝑘=1 𝐾𝑗

𝜀𝑗𝑘

𝑇𝑇𝑗𝑏𝑘𝑢 𝑇

+ 𝜀𝑀𝐺𝑇𝑢

𝑀𝐺

𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝐷 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝑆 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐺 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐹 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇

−𝜁𝑥𝐻𝑢

𝑋 + 𝜁𝑥 𝑥𝑢 𝑄 + 1 − 𝛽 𝑥𝑢 𝑀 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐹 + 𝑥𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

Atmospheric C in period t+1 Atmospheric C in period t minus decay into oceans

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EOM for atmospheric C

1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑇𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁 =

+𝜁𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝜁𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝜁𝑤 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑤𝑗𝑢𝑦𝑗1𝑢 +

𝑗=1 𝑂+1 𝑏=1 𝐵𝑗 𝑘=1 𝐾𝑗

𝜀𝑗𝑘

𝑇𝑇𝑗𝑏𝑘𝑢 𝑇

+ 𝜀𝑀𝐺𝑇𝑢

𝑀𝐺

𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝐷 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝑆 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐺 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐹 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇

−𝜁𝑥𝐻𝑢

𝑋 + 𝜁𝑥 𝑥𝑢 𝑄 + 1 − 𝛽 𝑥𝑢 𝑀 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐹 + 𝑥𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

Fossil fuel emissions Material emissions (from non-renewables) Fertilizer emissions (from agriculture)

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EOM for atmospheric C

1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑇𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁 =

+𝜁𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝜁𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝜁𝑤 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑤𝑗𝑢𝑦𝑗1𝑢 +

𝑗=1 𝑂+1 𝑏=1 𝐵𝑗 𝑘=1 𝐾𝑗

𝜀𝑗𝑘

𝑇𝑇𝑗𝑏𝑘𝑢 𝑇

+ 𝜀𝑀𝐺𝑇𝑢

𝑀𝐺

𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝐷 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝑆 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐺 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐹 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇

−𝜁𝑥𝐻𝑢

𝑋 + 𝜁𝑥 𝑥𝑢 𝑄 + 1 − 𝛽 𝑥𝑢 𝑀 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐹 + 𝑥𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

Forest growth Emissions from wood use

PULP, LOGS, ENERGY WOOD, RESIDUES, HWP

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EOM for atmospheric C

1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑇𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁 =

+𝜁𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝜁𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝜁𝑤 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑤𝑗𝑢𝑦𝑗1𝑢 +

𝑗=1 𝑂+1 𝑏=1 𝐵𝑗 𝑘=1 𝐾𝑗

𝜀𝑗𝑘

𝑇𝑇𝑗𝑏𝑘𝑢 𝑇

+ 𝜀𝑀𝐺𝑇𝑢

𝑀𝐺

𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝐷 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝑆 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐺 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐹 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇

−𝜁𝑥𝐻𝑢

𝑋 + 𝜁𝑥 𝑥𝑢 𝑄 + 1 − 𝛽 𝑥𝑢 𝑀 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐹 + 𝑥𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

Growth in agriculture Emissions crop and residue use

FOOD AND ENERGY CROPS, RESIDUES

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EOM for atmospheric C

1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑇𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁 =

+𝜁𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝜁𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝜁𝑤 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑤𝑗𝑢𝑦𝑗1𝑢 +

𝑗=1 𝑂+1 𝑏=1 𝐵𝑗 𝑘=1 𝐾𝑗

𝜀𝑗𝑘

𝑇𝑇𝑗𝑏𝑘𝑢 𝑇

+ 𝜀𝑀𝐺𝑇𝑢

𝑀𝐺

𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝐷 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝐻𝑗𝑢 𝑆 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝜁𝑗

𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐺 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑑𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝐹 + 𝜁𝑗 𝑠𝑏𝑗𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇

−𝜁𝑥𝐻𝑢

𝑋 + 𝜁𝑥 𝑥𝑢 𝑄 + 1 − 𝛽 𝑥𝑢 𝑀 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐹 + 𝑥𝑢 𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

Soil carbon emissions by Landfill emissions (discarded HWP)

  • Land use class
  • Age class
  • Decay class
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The Economy

Final consumption Aggregation of consumption good Energy production Forestry Agriculture Non-renewable material Energy Wood Fossil fuel Residues Land Residues Inputs and

  • utputs

Legend:

Good Discarded wood products Production and consumption processes Fertilizer Aggregation of food composite Crops Food

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Objective function

max

𝐞t 𝑢=0

𝑢=0 ∞

𝛾𝑢 𝑣𝐺 𝑧𝑢

𝐺 + 𝑣𝐷 𝑧𝑢 𝐷 − 𝐸 𝑇𝑢 𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝐷𝑢 ,

𝐷𝑢 = 𝑞𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝑞𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑞𝑤𝑤𝐺𝑢 + 𝑑𝑗

𝐺𝐷 𝑦𝑗1𝑢 + 𝑑𝑗 𝑏𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑑𝐼𝐼𝑢 𝑋 + 𝑑𝑥𝐺𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑑𝑥𝐷𝑆𝐹𝑇

+

𝑘=1 𝑂 𝑙=1 𝑂+1

𝑑

𝑘𝑙𝑢 𝐷𝑃𝑂𝑡 𝑘𝑙𝑢 𝑦𝑘1𝑢 + 𝑙=1 𝑂+1

𝑑𝑂+1,𝑙,𝑢

𝐷𝑃𝑂

𝑡𝑂+1,𝑙,𝑢 𝑦𝑂+1,0,𝑢 +𝑑𝐼𝑋𝑄 + 𝑑𝑀𝐺 𝑋

𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄 − 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

𝐞𝑢 = 𝑨𝑢, 𝑔

𝑢, 𝑤𝑗𝑢, 𝐛t 𝐆, 𝐛t 𝐅, 𝐛t 𝐒𝐅𝐓, 𝑥𝑢 𝑀, 𝑥𝑢 𝑄, 𝑥𝑢 𝐹, 𝑥𝑢 𝐺𝑆𝐹𝑇, 𝑥𝑢 𝐷𝑆𝐹𝑇, 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄 , 𝛊t, 𝑦𝑂+1,0,𝑢 , 𝐲t+1, 𝐭jkt,

𝐓t

AR, 𝑇𝑢 𝐺𝑈, 𝑇𝑢 𝐷𝑈, 𝐓iaj,t+1 S

, 𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁, 𝑇𝑢+1 𝐼𝑋𝑄 , 𝑇𝑢+1 𝑀𝐺

Utility from food Utility from good Disutility from atmospheric C Total costs Periodic Social Welfare

Contains substitution between energy, non-renewable and renewable materials Capture the substitution between food and other consumption Contains: Cost of fossil fuels, Nonrenewable materials, Agriculture, Forestry, Land use conversions HWP collection Landfilling Simplified form! Could be made more complex.

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Objective function

max

𝐞t 𝑢=0

𝑢=0 ∞

𝛾𝑢 𝑣𝐺 𝑧𝑢

𝐺 + 𝑣𝐷 𝑧𝑢 𝐷 − 𝐸 𝑇𝑢 𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝐷𝑢 ,

𝐷𝑢 = 𝑞𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝑞𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑞𝑤𝑤𝐺𝑢 + 𝑑𝑗

𝐺𝐷 𝑦𝑗1𝑢 + 𝑑𝑗 𝑏𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑑𝐼𝐼𝑢 𝑋 + 𝑑𝑥𝐺𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑑𝑥𝐷𝑆𝐹𝑇

+

𝑘=1 𝑂 𝑙=1 𝑂+1

𝑑

𝑘𝑙𝑢 𝐷𝑃𝑂𝑡 𝑘𝑙𝑢 𝑦𝑘1𝑢 + 𝑙=1 𝑂+1

𝑑𝑂+1,𝑙,𝑢

𝐷𝑃𝑂

𝑡𝑂+1,𝑙,𝑢 𝑦𝑂+1,0,𝑢 +𝑑𝐼𝑋𝑄 + 𝑑𝑀𝐺 𝑋

𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄 − 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

𝐞𝑢 = 𝑨𝑢, 𝑔

𝑢, 𝑤𝑗𝑢, 𝐛t 𝐆, 𝐛t 𝐅, 𝐛t 𝐒𝐅𝐓, 𝑥𝑢 𝑀, 𝑥𝑢 𝑄, 𝑥𝑢 𝐹, 𝑥𝑢 𝐺𝑆𝐹𝑇, 𝑥𝑢 𝐷𝑆𝐹𝑇, 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄 , 𝛊t, 𝑦𝑂+1,0,𝑢 , 𝐲t+1, 𝐭jkt,

𝐓t

AR, 𝑇𝑢 𝐺𝑈, 𝑇𝑢 𝐷𝑈, 𝐓iaj,t+1 S

, 𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁, 𝑇𝑢+1 𝐼𝑋𝑄 , 𝑇𝑢+1 𝑀𝐺

Periodic Social Welfare Discounted Summed over infinite time horizon

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Objective function

max

𝐞t 𝑢=0

𝑢=0 ∞

𝛾𝑢 𝑣𝐺 𝑧𝑢

𝐺 + 𝑣𝐷 𝑧𝑢 𝐷 − 𝐸 𝑇𝑢 𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝐷𝑢 ,

𝐷𝑢 = 𝑞𝑨𝑨𝑢 + 𝑞𝑔𝑔

𝑢 + 𝑗=1 𝑂

𝑞𝑤𝑤𝐺𝑢 + 𝑑𝑗

𝐺𝐷 𝑦𝑗1𝑢 + 𝑑𝑗 𝑏𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑑𝐼𝐼𝑢 𝑋 + 𝑑𝑥𝐺𝑆𝐹𝑇 + 𝑑𝑥𝐷𝑆𝐹𝑇

+

𝑘=1 𝑂 𝑙=1 𝑂+1

𝑑

𝑘𝑙𝑢 𝐷𝑃𝑂𝑡 𝑘𝑙𝑢 𝑦𝑘1𝑢 + 𝑙=1 𝑂+1

𝑑𝑂+1,𝑙,𝑢

𝐷𝑃𝑂

𝑡𝑂+1,𝑙,𝑢 𝑦𝑂+1,0,𝑢 +𝑑𝐼𝑋𝑄 + 𝑑𝑀𝐺 𝑋

𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄 − 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄

𝐞𝑢 = 𝑨𝑢, 𝑔

𝑢, 𝑤𝑗𝑢, 𝐛t 𝐆, 𝐛t 𝐅, 𝐛t 𝐒𝐅𝐓, 𝑥𝑢 𝑀, 𝑥𝑢 𝑄, 𝑥𝑢 𝐹, 𝑥𝑢 𝐺𝑆𝐹𝑇, 𝑥𝑢 𝐷𝑆𝐹𝑇, 𝑥𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄 , 𝛊t, 𝑦𝑂+1,0,𝑢 , 𝐲t+1, 𝐭jkt,

𝐓t

AR, 𝑇𝑢 𝐺𝑈, 𝑇𝑢 𝐷𝑈, 𝐓iaj,t+1 S

, 𝑇𝑢+1

𝐵𝑈𝑁, 𝑇𝑢+1 𝐼𝑋𝑄 , 𝑇𝑢+1 𝑀𝐺

Vector of choice variables

Non-ren. materials Fossil fuels Fertilizer Food crops Energy crops Residues Harvests (logs, pulp, energy) Harvesting residues (coarse, fine) Collected discarded HWP Land allocation Land conversions Clear-cuts (By age class / as total area) C stocks (Soils, Atmosphere, HWP, Landfills)

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What we can derive from this:

Optimality conditions:

– Optimal land allocation and conversions – Optimal harvesting rule for forests – Optimal biomass allocation conditions

  • …which include the valuation of the carbon

impacts

→ Our focus in this presentation

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II Policy recommendations

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Social Cost of Carbon (SCC)

First, we derive SCCt for each period

– It is the discounted damage from emitting a unit of C into the atmosphere (in period t), summed over the infinite time horizon. – It can be interpreted as ”the periodic carbon price”.

Then, we show how the social cost of burning or using different varieties of biomass can be expressed relative to SCC

– We obtain optimal taxes on biomass use

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Social Cost of Carbon

Assuming time-invariant decay:

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 = 𝜇𝑢

𝑇𝐵𝑈𝑁 = 𝑗=1 ∞

𝛾𝑗 1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑗−1 𝐸′(𝑇𝑢+𝑗

𝐵𝑈𝑁)

Decay Damage Discounting

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Social Cost of Carbon

Assuming time-invariant decay: Assuming time-variant decay:

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 = 𝜇𝑢

𝑇𝐵𝑈𝑁 = 𝑗=1 ∞

𝛾𝑗 1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑗−1 𝐸′(𝑇𝑢+𝑗

𝐵𝑈𝑁)

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 =

𝑗=1 ∞

𝛾𝑗 𝜈𝑢+𝑗𝐸′(𝑇𝑢+𝑗

𝐵𝑈𝑁)

𝜈𝑢+𝑗 = 1 𝑥ℎ𝑓𝑜 𝑗 = 1

𝑘𝑢=1 𝑗−1

1 − 𝜀

𝑘𝑢 𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑥ℎ𝑓𝑜 𝑗 ≥ 2

where Time-invariant decay Time-variant decay

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Social Cost of Carbon

Assuming time-invariant decay: Assuming time-variant decay:

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 = 𝜇𝑢

𝑇𝐵𝑈𝑁 = 𝑗=1 ∞

𝛾𝑗 1 − 𝜀𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑗−1 𝐸′(𝑇𝑢+𝑗

𝐵𝑈𝑁)

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 =

𝑗=1 ∞

𝛾𝑗 𝜈𝑢+𝑗𝐸′(𝑇𝑢+𝑗

𝐵𝑈𝑁)

𝜈𝑢+𝑗 = 1 𝑥ℎ𝑓𝑜 𝑗 = 1

𝑘𝑢=1 𝑗−1

1 − 𝜀

𝑘𝑢 𝐵𝑈𝑁 𝑥ℎ𝑓𝑜 𝑗 ≥ 2

where

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How does SCC compare with GWP?

Global Warming Potential* Social Cost of Carbon Time horizon Damage indicated by Time preference indicated by

* The treatment of CO2 in the calculation of GWP for other GHGs

Finite (Fixed to e.g. 20 or 100 years) Infinite Warming effect, i.e. the time- integrated radiative forcing caused by an instantaneous release of CO2 Discount rate A high discount rate → short- term impacts emphasized A low discount rate → long-term impacts emphasized Time horizon Short time horizon → short-term impacts emphasized Long horizon → long-term impacts emphasized Damage function indicating the disutility caused by atmospheric CO2 and its warming effect

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Deriving optimal taxes Background: Temporary C stocks

The C stocks

  • Soils
  • Products
  • Landfills

Carbon is released gradually

  • The carbon releases are harmful

– They are valued at the current SCC when they occur – The social costs are discounted to present value… – …and summed over the infinite time horizon.

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Deriving optimal taxes: Assumptions

Assumptions:

– Fluxes are accounted as they occur

  • or at least treated ”as if”
  • As noted on the previous slide: Emissions of from temporary

stocks are valued at the current SCC (when the occur), discounted to present value and summed over the infinite time horizon

– The regulations directly target the actions that cause the emissions

  • Optimal tax on a given action =

+ The Social cost of C releases due to the taken given action

  • The Social cost C release without taking the given action

(i.e. the opportunity cost)

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Optimal taxes on actions

Fossil fuel burning Burning logs Logs as raw material Energy wood Residues Burning HWP Burning food/energy crop Burning residues 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁𝜁𝑔

1 − 𝛽 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 + 𝛽𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐼𝑋𝑄 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐸𝑃𝑁𝐷 𝜁𝑥

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐸𝑃𝑁𝐷 𝜁𝑥

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐸𝑃𝑁𝐷 𝜁𝑥

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐸𝑃𝑁𝑙 𝜁𝑥

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝑀𝐺 𝜁𝑥

𝑙 = 𝐺 𝑝𝑠 𝐷 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐸𝑃𝑁𝑗 𝜁𝑗 𝑑

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐸𝑃𝑁𝑗 𝜁𝑗 𝑠

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Effective emission factors

Example: Residues

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢 𝐸𝑃𝑁𝑗 𝜁𝑥=

1 −

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐸𝑃𝑁𝑗

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝜁𝑥 × 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

Effective Emission Factor (EEF) ”Carbon price”

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Emissions from harvest residues

”Short horizon” ”Long horizon”

EEF: Time-invariant SCC

1 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐸𝑃𝑁𝑗

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝜁𝑥

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1/28/2017

Emissions from harvest residues

”Short horizon” ”Long horizon”

EEF: SCC increases 1% per period

1 − 𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐸𝑃𝑁𝑗

𝑇𝐷𝐷𝑢

𝐵𝑈𝑁

𝜁𝑥

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SLIDE 30

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