"Abatement opportunities" refers to chances or possibilities to reduce or lessen something, such as avoiding or minimizing a problem, a difficulty, or a harmful situation.
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Just as one example, in the recent McKinsey report on
GHG abatement opportunities, McKinsey points out that a substantial number of reduction opportunities already make economic sense.
While each of the models
consider abatement opportunities in the terrestrial system, the method of attaining these opportunities differs across the four RCP models.
We need new policies, regulatory frameworks, and institutions focused on four areas: creating market - based incentives to innovate and raise carbon productivity; addressing market failures that
prevent abatement opportunities from being captured profitably; resolving issues of allocation and fairness, in particular between the developed and developing worlds and between industry sectors; and accelerating progress to avoid missing critical emissions targets.
Second, when combined with a cap - and - trade (CAT) policy, a binding fuel economy standard increases the cost of meeting the GHG emissions constraint by forcing expensive reductions in passenger vehicle gasoline use, displacing more cost -
effective abatement opportunities.
Addition of a new oil and gas methane model to estimate emissions levels and
abatement opportunities and costs for methane emissions from oil and gas operations globally.