Pathways to a low-carbon economy: Estimations on macroeconomic costs and potential of carbon emission abatement in Beijing

Developing reliable frameworks to estimate the potential of CO2 emission abatement and its associated costs merits urgent attention. This study aims to estimate the potential as well as macroeconomic costs of CO2 emission abatement in Beijing. Using the industrial economy as the basis, multiobjective programming and genetic algorithm are integrated into the input–output analysis. Several important findings have been gathered in the study: (1)...