ENVironmental Impact and Sustainability Applied General Equilibrium (ENVISAGE) Model. van der Mensbrugghe, D. December, 2010.
ENVironmental Impact and Sustainability Applied General Equilibrium (ENVISAGE) Model [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
This document's main purpose is to provide a full description of the World Bank's global dynamic computable general equilibrium model known as ENVISAGE. ENVISAGE has been developed to assess the interactions between economies and the global environment as affected by human-based emissions of greenhouse gases. At its core, ENVISAGE is a relatively standard recursive dynamic multi-sector multi-region CGE model. It has been complemented by an emissions and climate module that links directly economic activities to changes in global mean temperature. And it incorporates a feedback loop that links changes in temperature to impacts on economic variables such as agricultural yields or damages created by sea level rise. One of the overall objectives of the development of ENVISAGE has been to provide a greater focus on the economics of climate change for a more detailed set of developing countries as well as greater attention to the potential economic damages. The model remains a work in progress as there are several key features of the economics of climate change that are planned to be incorporated in coming months.

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