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Abating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a national level involves substantial investment efforts, though part of these may be regained soon.1 On a global level, the costs of the available options are likely to differ significantly between countries/regions. To proceed with greenhouse abatement without paying attention to these (large) cost differences would be to forego some of the most attractive opportunities: large cost savings can be made if pursued in a concerted action.
Catrinus Jepma is professor of economics and associated with the University of Groningen,The Netherlands, and Open University, The Netherlands. He is convening lead author of writing team 7 of the IPCC WG III Second Assessment Report. Che Wah Lee is graduate of the University of Groningen.
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Jepma, C.J., Lee, C.W. (1995). Carbon Dioxide Emissions. In: Jepma, C.J. (eds) The Feasibility of Joint Implementation. Environment & Policy, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8559-0_5
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