Christian Azar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1414067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Azar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Azar |
| SIGNATURE | AZAR C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chalmers University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5865-6147 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
IPCC and the effectiveness of carbon sinks
Climate economics support for the UN climate targets
Under the UN Paris Agreement, countries committed to limiting global warming to well below 2 °C and to actively pursue a 1.5 °C limit. Yet, according to the 2018 Economics Nobel laureate William Nordhaus, these targets are economically suboptimal or unattainable and the world community should aim for 3.5 °C in 2100 instead. Here, we show that the UN climate targets may be optimal even in the Dynamic Integrated Climate–Economy (DICE) integrated as…
The role of negative carbon emissions in reaching the Paris climate targets
Global net-negative carbon emissions are prevalent in almost all emission pathways that meet the Paris temperature targets. In this paper, we generate and compare cost-effective emission pathways that satisfy two different types of climate targets. First, the common approach of a radiative forcing target that has to be met by the year 2100 (RF2100), and, second, a temperature ceiling target that has to be met over the entire period, avoiding any …
Policy design for the Anthropocene
Meeting global temperature targets—the role of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
In order to meet stringent temperature targets, active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere may be required in the long run. Such negative emissions can be materialized when well-performing bioenergy systems are combined with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Here, we develop an integrated global energy system and climate model to evaluate the role of BECCS in reaching ambitious temperature targets. We present emission, concentration and temperat…
Biomass for energy
Bioenergy can come to play a significant role in the global energy system and perhaps account for one fifth of global energy supply in 50 years in response to ambitions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. But bioenergy is complicated. There are both traditional and modern forms. In this article, I will exclusively look at modern forms, i.e., biomass for electricity, transport and heat, and process heat (not traditional forms used for cooking in d…
The elusive quest for technology-neutral policies
How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030?
Near-term technology policies for long-term climate targets—economy wide versus technology specific approaches
Estimates of trends in global income and resource inequalities
Are the economic costs of (non-)stabilizing the atmosphere prohibitive? A response to Gerlagh and Papyrakis
Are the economic costs of stabilising the atmosphere prohibitive
Industrial ecology
Discounting and distributional considerations in the context of global warming
Socio-ecological indicators for sustainability
Defining the generational environmental debt
Defining the generational environmental debt
Discounting and distributional considerations in the context of global warming
Socio-ecological indicators for sustainability
Industrial ecology
Are the economic costs of stabilising the atmosphere prohibitive
Are the economic costs of (non-)stabilizing the atmosphere prohibitive? A response to Gerlagh and Papyrakis
Near-term technology policies for long-term climate targets—economy wide versus technology specific approaches
Estimates of trends in global income and resource inequalities
How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030?
Biomass for energy
Bioenergy can come to play a significant role in the global energy system and perhaps account for one fifth of global energy supply in 50 years in response to ambitions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. But bioenergy is complicated. There are both traditional and modern forms. In this article, I will exclusively look at modern forms, i.e., biomass for electricity, transport and heat, and process heat (not traditional forms used for cooking in d…
The elusive quest for technology-neutral policies
Meeting global temperature targets—the role of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
In order to meet stringent temperature targets, active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere may be required in the long run. Such negative emissions can be materialized when well-performing bioenergy systems are combined with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Here, we develop an integrated global energy system and climate model to evaluate the role of BECCS in reaching ambitious temperature targets. We present emission, concentration and temperat…
Policy design for the Anthropocene
Climate economics support for the UN climate targets
Under the UN Paris Agreement, countries committed to limiting global warming to well below 2 °C and to actively pursue a 1.5 °C limit. Yet, according to the 2018 Economics Nobel laureate William Nordhaus, these targets are economically suboptimal or unattainable and the world community should aim for 3.5 °C in 2100 instead. Here, we show that the UN climate targets may be optimal even in the Dynamic Integrated Climate–Economy (DICE) integrated as…
The role of negative carbon emissions in reaching the Paris climate targets
Global net-negative carbon emissions are prevalent in almost all emission pathways that meet the Paris temperature targets. In this paper, we generate and compare cost-effective emission pathways that satisfy two different types of climate targets. First, the common approach of a radiative forcing target that has to be met by the year 2100 (RF2100), and, second, a temperature ceiling target that has to be met over the entire period, avoiding any …
IPCC and the effectiveness of carbon sinks
Climate Change Policy and Economics (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Climate change (6 works) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (6 works) · Natural resource economics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (5 works)