Stage 1
Analyze domestic trends in integrated assessment models and database development
UNICON RESEARCH
Research Framework
UNICON links sectoral bottom-up models with a top-down economic model to assess global mitigation pathways and policies.
Research goal
Develop a global integrated mitigation assessment model
Implementation tasks
Stage 2
Develop sectoral bottom-up and top-down CGE models and build a global multi-region, multi-industry integrated model
Stage 3
Validate the global integrated model and analyze policy scenarios
Sector goals and research activities
Industry
Assess innovative low-carbon technologies in steel, cement, and other industries
- • Build the industry database
- • Analyze low-carbon technologies
- • Develop mitigation scenarios
- • Evaluate economic impacts
Transport
Develop diffusion strategies and scenarios for low-carbon transport technologies
- • Build the transport database
- • Assess EV and FCEV diffusion
- • Analyze transport scenarios
- • Assess economic and social impacts
Electricity
Evaluate low-carbon power technologies and mitigation scenarios
- • Build the power database
- • Assess low-carbon generation
- • Analyze mitigation scenarios
- • Evaluate economic impacts
Building
Establish energy-efficiency and low-carbon technology strategies
- • Build the building database
- • Evaluate efficiency technologies
- • Analyze reduction scenarios
- • Conduct economic analysis
Forest
Assess forest carbon sequestration and management strategies
- • Build the forest database
- • Develop a forest carbon model
- • Evaluate management strategies
- • Analyze sequestration economics