Model Documentation - GEM-E3

Model Documentation - GEM-E3
Corresponding documentation
AIM-Hub BLUES C3IAM COFFEE-TEA DNE21+ GCAM GEM-E3 GRACE IFs IMACLIM IMAGE MESSAGE-GLOBIOM POLES PROMETHEUS REMIND-MAgPIE TIAM-UCL WITCH WITNESS
Previous versions
Archive of GEM-E3 version 092019 Archive of GEM-E3 version unknown
Model information
Model link	https://www.ricardo.com/media/zt4pgiyu/gem-e3 manual 2017.pdf
Institution	Ricardo (Ricardo), Greece, https://www.ricardo.com/en.
Solution concept	General equilibrium (closed economy)
Solution method	Optimization
Anticipation

Table of contents

Model scope and methods

• Model concept, solver and details
• Temporal dimension
• Spatial dimension
• Policy

Socio-economic drivers

• Population
• Economic activity

Macro-economy

• Production system and representation of economic sectors
• Capital and labour markets
• Monetary instruments
• Trade
• Technological change

Energy

• Energy resource endowments
  • Fossil energy resources
  • Uranium and other fissile resources
  • Bioenergy
  • Non-biomass renewables

• Energy conversion
  • Electricity
  • Heat
  • Gaseous fuels
  • Liquid fuels
  • Solid fuels
  • Grid, pipelines and other infrastructure
  • Energy end-use
  • Transport
  • Residential and commercial sectors
  • Industrial sector
  • Other end-use

• Energy demand
• Technological change in energy

Land-use

• Agriculture
• Forestry
• Land-use change
• Bioenergy land-use
• Other land-use
• Agricultural demand
• Technological change in land-use

Emissions

• GHGs
• Pollutants and non-GHG forcing agents
• Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options

Climate

• Modelling of climate indicators
• Climate damages, temperature changes

Non-climate sustainability dimension

• Air pollution and health
• Water
• Other materials
• Other sustainability dimensions

Appendices

• Mathematical model description
• Data