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Abstract

The report provides an assessment of the economic impacts of alternative emission abatement policies on Annex I (developed) and non-Annex I (developing) countries. It also provides a comparative analysis of uniform emission abatement strategies with emission trading schemes. The results in the report are based on analysis using MEGABARE, ABARE`s model of the world economy. The report is a contribution to international climate change policy development, produced to aid discussions leading up to the Conference of the Parties in Kyoto, December 1997. 75 refs., 56 figs., 20 tabs.