1. 31 January 2007
GAINS Review Peringe Grennfelt Christer Agren Matti Johansson Rob Maas Simone Schucht Les White With comments from: Helen ApSimon Julio Lumbreras

2. Methodological changes (after CAFE-TS)
Baseline & current policy definition
Emission factors (cars, stoves)
Increased background ozone
Urban exposure (City-Delta, population data)
Ecosystem dependent deposition rates
More meteorological years
Refinement of optimization method (from cost curves to individual technologies)
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5. An example cost curve for SO2
Source: IIASA
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6. Multi-pollutant measures
Structural measures:
Energy savings, efficiency improvements, bans: all pollutants ↓
Increased use of natural gas: CO2, SO2, VOC, NOx, PM ↓ CH4 ↑
Biomass: CO2 ↓ VOC, PM, CH4 ↑
Stationary sources:
SCR, SNCR: NOx, CO ↓, NH3, N2O ↑
Fluidized bed combustion: SO2, NOx↓, N2O ↑
Advanced residential combustion: VOC, PM, CO, CH4 ↓
FGD: SO2, PM ↓ CO2 ↑
IGCC: CO2, SO2, NOx, PM ↓
CHP: all pollutants ↓
Mobile sources:
Euro-standards: NOx, VOC, PM, CO ↓ NH3, N2O ↑
Low sulfur fuels: SO2, PM ↓
Diesel: CO2, VOC↓, PM, NOx, SO2 ↑
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7. Differences between the RAINS and GAINS optimization
RAINS optimization:
Decides how far to move up the cost curve (keeping underlying activity levels fixed!)
Cost curves are independent from each other
Thus multi-pollutant measures are treated as single-pollutant
GAINS optimization
Decides which measure to use (incl. multi-pollutant)
Each measure has one cost, but can have impacts on more than one pollutant
If cost-effective and possible, change the underlying activity (through, e.g., efficiency improvements)
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9. Validation of RAINS cost curves with GAINS (the “RAINS-mode” of GAINS)- Italy, NOx, 2020
Source: IIASA
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10. Comparison of optimized results of GAINS with multi-pollutant measures treated as single pollutant measures (vertical) and as multi-pollutant measures (horizontal)
Source: IIASA
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11. Conclusions GAINS (in RAINS mode) can replicate RAINS cost curves
Optimization results are not very different
Optimized results of GAINS (in RAINS mode) are as reliable as those of RAINS
Warning: single pollutant cost curves generated by GAINS cannot be added !
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12. The full GAINS mode offers further reduction potential (EU-25, 2020)
Source: IIASA
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13. … and potential for cost reduction
Source: IIASA
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14. Recommendations for review phase 2 (2007/2008)
Keep informing policy makers on interactions between GHG and air pollution policies using the full GAINS mode
Before official use of GAINS: schedule bilateral consultations on data used for GHG mitigation options and bilateral review of assumptions in PRIMES, TREMOVE & CAPRI scenarios
Compare GAINS results with other (national) models that integrate GHG and air pollutant abatement
Organize a peer review with experts from the energy and climate community focused on the treatment of GHG mitigation options
Organize a full review in 2009
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