SWD/2020/176 final
This webpage provides a comprehensive overview of model use for the "SWD/2020/176 final" impact assessment. It aims to provide understanding of who ran the models, model ownership and the role models played in the impact assessment.
Who Ran the Models
3 models were run by the EC
- QUEST
- GEM-E3
- CONSUMPTION FOOTPRINT
6 models were run by external institutions
- PRIMES: E3Modelling
- GLOBIOM: IIASA
- GAINS: IIASA
- E3ME: Cambridge Econometrics
- G4M: IIASA
- GEM-E3: E3Modelling
Model Use Summary
QUEST - Macroeconomic model QUEST
QUEST is used for macroeconomic assessment.
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: European Commission
Ownership: EU ownership (European Commission)
PRIMES - Price-Induced Market Equilibrium System
The PRIMES model and its variants are used to model all aspects of the energy system, including buildings, transport and industry. Regarding greenhouse gas emissions it reports all CO2 emissions from these sectors.
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: E3Modelling
Ownership: Third-party ownership (commercial companies, Member States, other organisations, …)
GLOBIOM - Global Biosphere Management Model
GLOBIOM is used to model land use, land use change, and forestry.
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: IIASA
Ownership: Third-party ownership (commercial companies, Member States, other organisations, …)
GAINS - Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS)-Model
GAINS models non-CO2 greenhouse gases for diverse sectors such as agriculture, waste, energy and industry and their associated cost for reducing emissions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases (CH4, N2O, F-gases).
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: IIASA
Ownership: Third-party ownership (commercial companies, Member States, other organisations, …)
E3ME - Energy - Environment - Economy Model for Europe
E3ME is used for macroeconomic assessment.
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: Cambridge Econometrics
Ownership: Third-party ownership (commercial companies, Member States, other organisations, …)
GEM-E3 - General Equilibrium Model - Economy, Energy, Environment
GEM-E3 is used for the assessment of the impacts of policy options on key economic variables, including GDP, sectoral output and aggregate and sectoral employment.
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: European Commission
Ownership: Co-ownership (EU & third parties)
CONSUMPTION FOOTPRINT - Environmental impacts of the consumption of EU and EU countries
The model has been used to analyse the effect of circular economy scenarios on climate change impacts (Annex 11.6.9), which is cited in Section 5.
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: European Commission
Ownership: EU ownership (European Commission)
G4M was used to model land use change, and forestry.
Role: baseline and assessment of policy options
Run by: IIASA
Ownership: Third-party ownership (commercial companies, Member States, other organisations, …)
GEM-E3 - General Equilibrium Model - Economy, Energy, Environment
GEM-E3 is used for sectoral economic assumptions used as inputs for the PRIMES energy system model.
Role: baseline only
Run by: E3Modelling
Ownership: Co-ownership (EU & third parties)