Dynamic Game for Regional Climate Mitigation Control

One of the most widely used models for studying the geographical economics of climate change is the Regional Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (RICE). In this paper, we investigate how cooperation and non-cooperation arise in climate policy across regions under the RICE framework from the standpoints of game theory and optimal control. We show that the RICE model is inherently a dynamic game. We study both cooperative and non-cooperative solutions to this RICE dynamic game. Our results show how game theory may be used to help international negotiations reach an agreement on regional climate-change mitigation strategies, as well as how cooperative and competitive regional relationships impact future climate change. Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors.