Model concept, solver and details - C3IAM

Model Documentation - C3IAM
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Corresponding documentation
AIM-Hub BLUES C3IAM COFFEE-TEA DNE21+ GCAM GEM-E3 GRACE IFs IMACLIM IMAGE MESSAGE-GLOBIOM POLES PROMETHEUS REMIND-MAgPIE TIAM-UCL WITCH REMIND-MAgPIE
Previous versions
Archive of C3IAM version 2.0
Model information
Model link	http://inems1.bit.edu.cn/C3IAM https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/nathaz/v92y2018i2d10.1007 s11069-018-3297-9.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15453-z
Institution	Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology (CEEP-BIT), China, http://ceep.bit.edu.cn/english/.
Solution concept	General equilibrium (closed economy)
Solution method	Optimization
Anticipation

C³IAM belongs to a class of integrated assessment model. In C³IAM, there are multiple independent but interactive modules, including three socio-economic modules (GEEPA, MR.CEEPA and EcOp), one technology module for China (NET), one land-use module (EcoLa), one climate module (Climate) and one loss module (Loss). Thus C³IAM integrates the global CGE, economic optimum growth, revised earth system, land use and impact models, dynamically captures the long-term optimal economic growth and climate change mitigation and adaptation. C³IAM is a flexible framework that can be applied to a variety of economy-climate-energy-environment issues. The trade of goods and services is also considered.

In C³IAM, GEEPA and MR.CEEPA are implemented for GAMS/MCP (Mixed Complementarity Problem), and PATH is used as a solver; EcOp is implemented for GAMS/NLP (Non-Linear Programming, and the solver is MINOS; NET is implemented for GAMS/LP (Linear Programming) and the solver is CPLEX; the parameters in Climate module are calculated with R and EcoLa is run by MATLAB. Generally, the C³IAM is a dynamic model using a 5-year time step.