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Description of model
GCAM is an integrated assessment model that focuses on the world's energy and agriculture systems and includes numerous energy supply technologies.
The model is mainly used for:
estimating the impacts of technologies and policies related to GHG emissions in a national and global context;
evaluating different technologies, including carbon sequestration;
and-use/ agriculture modelling; and 4) basic climate change modelling.
Particular relevance
GCAM is relevant to analysing the development of new environmentally-friendly technologies, as well as evaluating the performance of existing conventional ones. The model can also be useful when looking at the diffusion of technology across global regions.
Coverage
World, split in 14 regions
Model applications
Income and Pollutant Emissions in the Objects GCAM Model - This paper examines the implications of the relationship between income and pollutant emission controls as modelled in GCAM, closely linking economic development to environmental outcomes (http://www.globalchange.umd.edu/publications/9/).
Organization's main area of research
Understanding the problems of global climate change and their potential solutions.