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Optimal control of a global model of climate change with adaptation and mitigation
1. | Florida State University, Department of Economics, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2180, USA |
2. | International Monetary Fund, Research Department, Washington D.C., USA |
3. | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Analysis und Numerik, Einsteinstr. 62, 48149 Münster, Germany |
4. | New School for Social Research, 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, and University of Bielefeld, Germany, and IIASA, Austria |
The economy-climate interaction and an appropriate mitigation policy for climate protection have been treated in various types of scientific modeling. Here, we specifically focus on the seminal work by Nordhaus [
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doi: 10.1137/1.9780898718577. |
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T. Bonen, P. Loungani, W. Semmler and S. Koch, Investing to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change: A Framework Model, IMF working paper WP no 16/164, International Monetary Fund, Washington, 2016. |
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C. Büskens and H. Maurer,
SQP–methods for solving optimal control problems with control and state constraints: Adjoint variables, sensitivity analysis and real–time control, J. Comput. Appl. Math., 120 (2000), 85-108.
doi: 10.1016/S0377-0427(00)00305-8. |
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T. Faulwasser and L. Grüne,
Turnpike properties in optimal control: An overview of discrete-time and continuous-time results, Handbook of Numerical Analysis, 23 (2022), 367-400.
|
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F. Fourer, D. M. Gay and B. W. Kernighan, AMPL: A Modeling Language for Mathematical
Programming, Duxbury Press, Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, 1993. |
[6] |
L. Göllmann and H. Maurer,
Theory and applications of optimal control problems with multiple time-delays, J. Ind. Manag. Optim., 10 (2014), 413-441.
doi: 10.3934/jimo.2014.10.413. |
[7] |
A. Greiner, L. Grüne and W. Semmler, Growth and climate change: Threshold and multiple equilibria, In Dynamic Systems, Economic Growth, and the Environment, (eds. J. Crespo Cuaresma, T. Palokangas and A. Tarasyev), Springer, Heidelberg and New York, (2010), 63–78. |
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L. Grüne, M. A. Müller, C. M. Kellet and S. R. Weller,
Strict dissipativity for discrete discounted optimal control problems, Math. Control Relat. Fields, 11 (2021), 771-796.
doi: 10.3934/mcrf.2020046. |
[9] |
R. F. Hartl, S. P. Sethi and R. G. Vickson,
A survey of the maximum principles for optimal control problems with state constraints, SIAM Rev., 37 (1995), 181-218.
doi: 10.1137/1037043. |
[10] |
M. Hestenes, Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York-London-Sydney 1966. |
[11] |
Global Warming of 1.5 ℃, Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, 2018. |
[12] |
H. Maurer, J. J. Preuß and W. Semmler, Policy scenarios in a model of optimal economic
growth and climate Change, Chapter 5 in The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of
Global Warming, (eds. L. Bernard and W. Semmler), Oxford University Press, 2015. |
[13] |
H. Maurer and W. Semmler,
Expediting the transition from non-renewable to renewable energy via optimal control, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 35 (2015), 4503-4525.
doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.4503. |
[14] |
W. Nordhaus, The Question of Balance, New Haven, Yale University Press, New Haven,
2008. |
[15] |
W. Nordhaus,
Revisiting the social cost of carbon, PNAS, 114 (2017), 1518-1523.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609244114. |
[16] |
W. Nordhaus and J. Boyer, Warming the World. Economic Models of Global Warming, Cambridge: MIT-Press, Cambridge, 2000. |
[17] |
S. Orlov, E. Rovenskaya, W. Semmler and J. Puaschunder, Green bonds, transition to a low-carbon economy, and intergenerational fairness: Evidence from an extended DICE model, IIASA Working Paper, WP-18-001, (2018).
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3086483. |
[18] |
L. S. Pontryagin, V. G. Boltyanski, R. V. Gramkrelidze and E. F. Miscenko, The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes, Translated by D. E. Brown A Pergamon Press Book The Macmillan Company, New York 1964. |
[19] | |
[20] |
W. Roedel and T. Wagner, Physik Unserer Umwelt: Die Atmosphäre, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011. |
[21] |
A. Wächter and L. T. Biegler,
On the implementation of an interior-point filter line-search algorithm for large-scale nonlinear programming, Math. Program., 106 (2006), 25-57.
doi: 10.1007/s10107-004-0559-y. |
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References:
[1] |
J. T. Betts, Practical Methods for Optimal Control and Estimation Using Nonlinear Programming, 2$^{nd}$ edition, Advances in Design and Control, Philadelphia, 2010.
doi: 10.1137/1.9780898718577. |
[2] |
T. Bonen, P. Loungani, W. Semmler and S. Koch, Investing to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change: A Framework Model, IMF working paper WP no 16/164, International Monetary Fund, Washington, 2016. |
[3] |
C. Büskens and H. Maurer,
SQP–methods for solving optimal control problems with control and state constraints: Adjoint variables, sensitivity analysis and real–time control, J. Comput. Appl. Math., 120 (2000), 85-108.
doi: 10.1016/S0377-0427(00)00305-8. |
[4] |
T. Faulwasser and L. Grüne,
Turnpike properties in optimal control: An overview of discrete-time and continuous-time results, Handbook of Numerical Analysis, 23 (2022), 367-400.
|
[5] |
F. Fourer, D. M. Gay and B. W. Kernighan, AMPL: A Modeling Language for Mathematical
Programming, Duxbury Press, Brooks-Cole Publishing Company, 1993. |
[6] |
L. Göllmann and H. Maurer,
Theory and applications of optimal control problems with multiple time-delays, J. Ind. Manag. Optim., 10 (2014), 413-441.
doi: 10.3934/jimo.2014.10.413. |
[7] |
A. Greiner, L. Grüne and W. Semmler, Growth and climate change: Threshold and multiple equilibria, In Dynamic Systems, Economic Growth, and the Environment, (eds. J. Crespo Cuaresma, T. Palokangas and A. Tarasyev), Springer, Heidelberg and New York, (2010), 63–78. |
[8] |
L. Grüne, M. A. Müller, C. M. Kellet and S. R. Weller,
Strict dissipativity for discrete discounted optimal control problems, Math. Control Relat. Fields, 11 (2021), 771-796.
doi: 10.3934/mcrf.2020046. |
[9] |
R. F. Hartl, S. P. Sethi and R. G. Vickson,
A survey of the maximum principles for optimal control problems with state constraints, SIAM Rev., 37 (1995), 181-218.
doi: 10.1137/1037043. |
[10] |
M. Hestenes, Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York-London-Sydney 1966. |
[11] |
Global Warming of 1.5 ℃, Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, 2018. |
[12] |
H. Maurer, J. J. Preuß and W. Semmler, Policy scenarios in a model of optimal economic
growth and climate Change, Chapter 5 in The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of
Global Warming, (eds. L. Bernard and W. Semmler), Oxford University Press, 2015. |
[13] |
H. Maurer and W. Semmler,
Expediting the transition from non-renewable to renewable energy via optimal control, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 35 (2015), 4503-4525.
doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.4503. |
[14] |
W. Nordhaus, The Question of Balance, New Haven, Yale University Press, New Haven,
2008. |
[15] |
W. Nordhaus,
Revisiting the social cost of carbon, PNAS, 114 (2017), 1518-1523.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609244114. |
[16] |
W. Nordhaus and J. Boyer, Warming the World. Economic Models of Global Warming, Cambridge: MIT-Press, Cambridge, 2000. |
[17] |
S. Orlov, E. Rovenskaya, W. Semmler and J. Puaschunder, Green bonds, transition to a low-carbon economy, and intergenerational fairness: Evidence from an extended DICE model, IIASA Working Paper, WP-18-001, (2018).
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3086483. |
[18] |
L. S. Pontryagin, V. G. Boltyanski, R. V. Gramkrelidze and E. F. Miscenko, The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes, Translated by D. E. Brown A Pergamon Press Book The Macmillan Company, New York 1964. |
[19] | |
[20] |
W. Roedel and T. Wagner, Physik Unserer Umwelt: Die Atmosphäre, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011. |
[21] |
A. Wächter and L. T. Biegler,
On the implementation of an interior-point filter line-search algorithm for large-scale nonlinear programming, Math. Program., 106 (2006), 25-57.
doi: 10.1007/s10107-004-0559-y. |









Parameter | Value | Definition |
0.03 | Pure discount rate | |
0.015 | Population Growth Rate | |
0.1 | Elasticity of transfers and public spending in utility | |
Elasticity of |
||
0.05 | Elasticity of public capital used for adaptation in utility | |
2 | Intertemporal elasticity of instantaneous utility | |
Total factor productivity | ||
Efficiency index of green capital | ||
Efficiency index of the non-renewable resource | ||
0.1 | Output elasticity of inputs, |
|
0.5 | Output elasticity of public infrastructure, |
|
1 | Scaling factor in marginal cost of resource extraction | |
2 | Exponential factor in marginal cost of resource extraction | |
0.1 | Depreciation rate of physical capital | |
0.05 | Depreciation rate of private capital | |
0.05 | Depreciation rate of public capital | |
q-elasticity of investment spending on private capital | ||
q-elasticity of investment spending on public capital | ||
0.2 | Proportion of tax revenue allocated to new public capital | |
0.5 | Proportion of tax revenue allocated to transfers and public | |
consumption | ||
0.07 | World interest rate (paid on public debt) | |
2.5 | equilibrium concentration of |
|
1.2 | Atmospheric concentration stabilization ratio (relative to |
|
4.5 | value in disutility term in welfare (11) | |
0.9 | Fraction of greenhouse gas emissions not absorbed by the ocean | |
0.01 | Decay rate of greenhouse gases in atmosphere | |
0.01 | Effectiveness of mitigation measures | |
exponent in mitigation term |
Parameter | Value | Definition |
0.03 | Pure discount rate | |
0.015 | Population Growth Rate | |
0.1 | Elasticity of transfers and public spending in utility | |
Elasticity of |
||
0.05 | Elasticity of public capital used for adaptation in utility | |
2 | Intertemporal elasticity of instantaneous utility | |
Total factor productivity | ||
Efficiency index of green capital | ||
Efficiency index of the non-renewable resource | ||
0.1 | Output elasticity of inputs, |
|
0.5 | Output elasticity of public infrastructure, |
|
1 | Scaling factor in marginal cost of resource extraction | |
2 | Exponential factor in marginal cost of resource extraction | |
0.1 | Depreciation rate of physical capital | |
0.05 | Depreciation rate of private capital | |
0.05 | Depreciation rate of public capital | |
q-elasticity of investment spending on private capital | ||
q-elasticity of investment spending on public capital | ||
0.2 | Proportion of tax revenue allocated to new public capital | |
0.5 | Proportion of tax revenue allocated to transfers and public | |
consumption | ||
0.07 | World interest rate (paid on public debt) | |
2.5 | equilibrium concentration of |
|
1.2 | Atmospheric concentration stabilization ratio (relative to |
|
4.5 | value in disutility term in welfare (11) | |
0.9 | Fraction of greenhouse gas emissions not absorbed by the ocean | |
0.01 | Decay rate of greenhouse gases in atmosphere | |
0.01 | Effectiveness of mitigation measures | |
exponent in mitigation term |
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