Incorporating Behavioural, Social, and Organizational Phenomena in the Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Options

Laitner, John A. “Skip”; Canio, Stephen J. De; Peters, Irene

doi:10.1007/0-306-48160-x_1

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“…The savings reflect the cost of saved energy within the overall energy Table 3. Job creation effects related to energy efficiency investments have been described (Geller et al, 1992;Laitner et al, 1998;Jeftha, 2003), and specifically for South Africa (Laitner et al, 2001;Spalding-Fecher et al, 2003;Howells, 2004). We adopt and adapt a demand input-output analysis, as per Howells (2004), and determine economy-wide expenditure changes on labour due to the changes in purchasing per unit of energy saved for an energy efficiency measure, and per unit of capacity invested in for a new power station.…”

Section: Results: Sustainable Development Benefits and Ghg Co-benefitsmentioning

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Sustainable development policies and measures: institutional issues and electrical efficiency in South Africa

2007

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An innovative approach is introduced for helping developing countries to make their development more sustainable, and also to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a co-benefit. Such an approach is proposed as part of the multilateral framework on climate change. The concept of sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs) is outlined, making clear that it is distinct from many other approaches in starting from development rather than explicit climate targets. The potential of SD-PAMs is illustrated with a case-study of energy efficiency in South Africa, drawing on energy modelling for the use of electricity in industry. The results show multiple benefits both for local sustainable development and for mitigating global climate change. The benefits of industrial energy efficiency in South Africa include significant reductions in local air pollutants; improved environmental health; creation of additional jobs; reduced electricity demand; and delays in new investments in electricity generation. The co-benefit of reducing GHG emissions could result in a reduction of as much as 5% of SA's total projected energy CO 2 emissions by 2020. Institutional support and policy guidance is needed at both the international and national level to realize the potential of SD-PAMs. This analysis demonstrates that if countries begin to act early to move towards greater sustainability, they will also start to bend the curve of their emissions path. Une nouvelle approche au développement durable est proposée pour les pays en développement qui leur permettrait aussi de réduire leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Cette approche est proposée au sein du cadre multilatéral des politiques climatiques. En ayant comme point de départ le développement, et non un objectif climatique défini, le concept de politiques et mesures de développement durable (PM-DD) se distingue clairement de beaucoup d'autres approches. Le potentiel des PM-DD est illustré en s'appuyant sur une étude de cas d'efficacité énergétique enAfrique du sud, où la consommation d'énergie du secteur industriel est calculée. Les résultats sont positifs autant pour le développement durable local que pour la limitation des changements climatiques. L'efficacité énergétique en Afrique du sud donne lieu à une réduction considérable de la pollution atmosphérique locale , l'amélioration de la santé environnementale , la création d'emplois , la réduction de la demande en électricité, et un décalage temporel sur la nécessité des investissements de production énergétique. Les avantages environnementaux associés à la réduction de GES pourraient être aussi élevés que 5% des émissions totales en CO 2 du secteur énergétique sud-africain. Un soutien institutionnel et des directions politiques claires sont souhaitables aux niveaux national et international pour mettre en oeuvre le potentiel des PM-DD. L'analyse présentée illustre que si les pays se mettent à agir tôt en matière de développement durable, leur niveau d'émissions peut commencer à baisser de façon notable.

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Section: Results: Sustainable Development Benefits and Ghg Co-benefitsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Sustainable development policies and measures: institutional issues and electrical efficiency in South Africa

2007

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“…Behavior is not adequately dealt with in current climate policy analyses, since they mostly assume that agents behave rationally in the sense of perfectly maximizing utility or profits (Laitner et al 2000;Gowdy 2008;Brekke and Johansson-Stenman 2008). However, people may act as citizens or as consumers, which are more characterized by habits, imitation, social pressure (in terms of both status and conformity), cooperation, and altruism, whereas firms may be better described as showing routinelike behavior (van den Bergh et al 2000).…”

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Safe climate policy is affordable—12 reasons

Bergh

2009

Climatic Change

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There is a widespread sense that a sufficiently stringent climate mitigation policy, that is, a considerable reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to avoid extreme climate change, will come with very high economic costs for society. This is supported by many cost-benefit analyses (CBA) and policy cost assessments of climate policy. All of these, nevertheless, are based on debatable assumptions. This paper will argue instead that safe climate policy is not excessively expensive and is indeed cheaper than suggested by most current studies. To this end, climate CBA and policy cost assessments are critically evaluated, and as a replacement twelve complementary perspectives on the cost of climate policy are offered.

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“…With their necessary levels of aggregation, IAMs do not represent individual interacting decision 14 makers, but rather 'representative agents' that describe aggregate behavior at the mean (Conlisk, 15 1996, Laitner et al, 2000. Representative agents act 'as if' they were perfectly rational.…”

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Improving the behavioral realism of global integrated assessment models: An application to consumers’ vehicle choices

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Pettifor³

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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Incorporating Behavioural, Social, and Organizational Phenomena in the Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Options

Cited by 29 publications

References 109 publications

Sustainable development policies and measures: institutional issues and electrical efficiency in South Africa

Sustainable development policies and measures: institutional issues and electrical efficiency in South Africa

Safe climate policy is affordable—12 reasons

Improving the behavioral realism of global integrated assessment models: An application to consumers’ vehicle choices

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