Table 1 Description of scenarios
From: Air quality related equity implications of U.S. decarbonization policy
Scenario number | Scenario name | Scenario category | Year | CO2 targets | Method for specifying emissions from individual sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hist. (2017) | Primary | 2017 | NA | historical data |
2 | Baseline (2030) | Primary | 2030 | NA | scaling based on energy economic model output |
3 | Cap 50% (2030) | Primary (policy) | 2030 | −50% relative to 2005 | scaling based on energy economic model output |
4 | Uncertainty of Cap 50% (2030) | Sensitivity | 2030 | −50% relative to 2005 | constraints by ReEDS region-sector but varying point source reductions |
5 | Nation-sector | Optimization | 2030 | −50% relative to 2005 | minimizing racial/ethnic minority mortalities with constraint on total sectoral emissions reductions |
6 | State-total | Optimization | 2030 | −50% relative to 2005 | minimizing racial/ethnic minority mortalities with constraint on total state-level emissions reductions |
7 | State-sector | Optimization | 2030 | −50% relative to 2005 | minimizing racial/ethnic minority mortalities with constraint on sectoral emissions reductions for each state |
8 | Nation-total | Optimization | 2030 | −50% relative to 2005 | minimizing racial/ethnic minority mortalities with no constraints |
9 | Nation-total (−40%) | Optimization | 2030 | −40% relative to 2005 | minimizing racial/ethnic minority mortalities with no constraints |
10 | Nation-total (−60%) | Optimization | 2030 | −60% relative to 2005 | minimizing racial/ethnic minority mortalities with no constraints |
