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3050
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Overview

Richard G. Richels is affiliated with the Electric Power Research Institute in the United States. Their recent research contributions include publications focused on climate change and related scientific debates.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Climate Change 2023 Synthesis Report, 2024, published in Climate Change and Law Collection
  • Five Science Questions That Ought to Be Asked at the Debates, 2020, published in Eos

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard G. Richels include:

  • Gary Yohe
  • Henry D. Jacoby
  • Jae Edmonds
  • Fortunat Joos
  • Nebojša Nakićenović

The researcher's work has been published in venues such as:

  • Climate Change and Law Collection
  • Eos

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Economic and environmental choices in the stabilization of atmospheric CO2concentrations

    T. M. L. Wigley;R. Richels;J. A. Edmonds

  • MERGE. A model for evaluating regional and global effects of GHG reduction policies

    Alan Manne;Robert Mendelsohn;Richard Richels

  • Buying greenhouse insurance : the economic costs of carbon dioxide emission limits

    Clare Smith;Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations

    Leon E. Clarke;James A. Edmonds;Henry D. Jacoby;John M. Reilly

  • International climate policy architectures: Overview of the EMF 22 International Scenarios

    Leon Clarke;Jae Edmonds;Volker Krey;Richard Richels

  • Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation

    Richard J.T. Klein;S. Huq;F. Denton;T.E. Downing

  • The role of technology for achieving climate policy objectives: overview of the EMF 27 study on global technology and climate policy strategies.

    Elmar Kriegler;John Weyant;Geoffrey J. Blanford;Volker Krey

  • Buying Greenhouse Insurance: The Economic Costs of CO2 Emission Limits

    Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • Vulnerability to climate change and reasons for concern: a synthesis

    J.B. Smith;H.J. Schellnhuber;M. Monirul Qader Mirza;S. Fankhauser

  • CO2 Emission Limits: An Economic Cost Analysis for the USA

    Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • Global CO2 Emission Reductions: The Impacts of Rising Energy Costs

    Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • An alternative approach to establishing trade-offs among greenhouse gases.

    Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • The Kyoto Protocol: A Cost-Effective Strategy for Meeting Environmental Objectives?

    Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • Buying greenhouse insurance

    Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • The Greenhouse Debate: Econonmic Efficiency, Burden Sharing and Hedging Strategies

    Alan Manne;Richard Richels

  • Drivers, Trends and Mitigation

    Gabriel Blanco;Reyer Gerlagh;Sangwon Suh;Alfred K.Ofosu Ahenkorah

  • The impact of learning-by-doing on the timing and costs of CO2 abatement

    Alan Manne;Richard Richels

  • Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Development

    Jayant Sathaye;Oswaldo Lucon;Atiq Rahman;John Christensen

  • Merge: An Integrated Assessment Model for Global Climate Change

    Alan S. Manne;Richard G. Richels

  • How much damage will climate change do? Recent estimates

    R.S.J. Tol;S. Fankhauser;R.G. Richels;J.B. Smith

  • The Impact of Learning-By-Doing on the Timing and Costs of CO2 Abatement

    Richard G. Richels;Alan S. Manne

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Leon Clarke
Leon Clarke University of Maryland, College Park
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Gary W. Yohe
Gary W. Yohe Wesleyan University
Carlo Carraro
Carlo Carraro University of California, Berkeley
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Samuel Fankhauser
Samuel Fankhauser University of Oxford
Himanshu Pathak
Himanshu Pathak Indian Council of Agricultural Research

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