Temporal dimension - MESSAGE-GLOBIOM
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| Institution | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, http://data.ene.iiasa.ac.at. |
| Solution concept | General equilibrium (closed economy) |
| Solution method | Optimization |
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MESSAGE models the time horizon 1990 to 2110 in 5- and 10 year time steps where the first 5 periods (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010) are 5-year periods and the remaining 10 periods are 10-year periods (2020, 2030, 2040, 2050, 2060, 2070, 2080, 2090, 2100, 2110). The first four periods up to 2005 are fully calibrated, i.e. the model has no flexibility to change in these five periods. The 2010 period is partly calibrated so far, some recent trends are included in this time period, but some flexibility remains. In scenario applications the 2010 period is typically fixed to its baseline development so that future climate and energy policy cannot induce changes in the past. The reporting years are the final years of periods which implies that investments that lead to the capacities in the reporting year are the average annual investments over the entire period the reporting year belongs to.
MESSAGE can both operate perfect foresight over the entire time horizon, limited foresight (e.g., one or two periods into the future) or myopically, optimizing one period at a time (Keppo and Strubegger, 2010 1). Most frequently MESSAGE is run with perfect foresight, but for specific applications such as delayed participation in a global climate regime without anticipation (Krey and Riahi, 2009 2; O'Neill et al., 2010 3) limited foresight is used.
References
- ^ | Ilkka Keppo, Manfred Strubegger (2010). Short term decisions for long term problems–The effect of foresight on model based energy systems analysis. Energy, 35 (5), 2033--2042.
- ^ | Volker Krey, Keywan Riahi (2009). Implications of delayed participation and technology failure for the feasibility, costs, and likelihood of staying below temperature targets—Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for the 21st century. Energy Economics, 31 (), S94--S106.
- ^ | Brian C O’Neill, Keywan Riahi, Ilkka Keppo (2010). Mitigation implications of midcentury targets that preserve long-term climate policy options. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107 (3), 1011--1016.
