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This is our CCEM Blog, a column dedicated to sharing a few key ideas about CCEM, or thoughts about the Energy/Economy/Climate models domain. Each entry is kept to a short one page format. More in-depth discussions may be found in our documents.

February 16th, 2024

System Dynamic is the proper scientific framework to model and understand adaptation.  Application to the Jevons Paradox.

Rebound effect, also known as the “Jevon Paradox” should be thought of as a form of coupling in a system dynamics approach,  not as  static (behavior)  law (which is often a depressing thought). When thinking about climate changes, adaptation is bound to be the most common behavior, for which system dynamics is a great modeling framework, since each reaction (adaptation or lack of ) changes dynamically the problem in front of us.

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