EMF WP 12.2: Study Design for EMF 12 Global Climate Change: Energy Sector Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emission Control Strategies

This document describes the initial design of Energy Modeling Forum study number 12 currently entitled “Global Climate Change: Energy Sector Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emission Control Strategies.” It is composed of four main sections: (1) a description of the assumptions to be used by the modelers participating in the study in running the reference case scenario; (2) a set of scenario runs to be made around the reference case; (3) a description of the outputs requested from the modelers for all scenarios; and (4) a description of study groups being organized to interpret, expand upon and supplement the model runs. In the past EMF studies the work of the study groups, although keyed to modeling work, has often been as significant as the model results themselves.