Socioeconomic

The socioeconomic sector represents the primary drivers of emissions. These include economic and demographic factors that influence all emissions sectors of the economy. These factors are treated as exogenous uncertainties.

General (GNRL)

Categories

Categories associated with the General subsector are identified by the $CAT-GENERAL$ variable schema element and shown in the category attribute table shown below.

General categories ($CAT-GENERAL$ attribute table)

Category Name	$CAT-GENERAL$	Definition	Data Source	Hyperlink	Notes	Total Population Component
Rural	rural	Represents rural interests				1
Urban	urban	Represents urban interests				1

Variables

Variables associated with the General subsector are shown below.

Trajectories of the following variables are needed for the General subsector. The categories that variables apply to are described in the category column.

Variable Type	Variable	Information	Variable Schema	Categories	Reference	Default Value	Default LHS Scalar Minimum at Final Time Period	Default LHS Scalar Maximum at Final Time Period	Simplex Group	Emissions Total by Gas Component	IPCC Emissions Sector Codes	IPCC Equation Reference	Notes
Input	\(\text{CH}_4\) Annual Emission Limit	Used in NemoMod to calculate AnnualEmissionLimit. Can be used to model an exogenous policy limit on total emissions, but cannot be used to mandate negative emissions in the Electricity sector. NOTE: To enter no limit, use flag -999	limit_gnrl_annual_emissions_$UNIT-MASS$_$EMISSION-GAS$ ($UNIT-MASS$ = mt, $EMISSION-GAS$ = ch4)	none		0	1	1		0
Input	\(\text{CO}_2\) Annual Emission Limit	Used in NemoMod to calculate AnnualEmissionLimit. Can be used to model an exogenous policy limit on total emissions, but cannot be used to mandate negative emissions in the Electricity sector. NOTE: To enter no limit, use flag -999	limit_gnrl_annual_emissions_$UNIT-MASS$_$EMISSION-GAS$ ($UNIT-MASS$ = mt, $EMISSION-GAS$ = co2)	none		0	1	1		0
Input	\(\text{N}_2\text{O}\) Annual Emission Limit	Used in NemoMod to calculate AnnualEmissionLimit. Can be used to model an exogenous policy limit on total emissions, but cannot be used to mandate negative emissions in the Electricity sector. NOTE: To enter no limit, use flag -999	limit_gnrl_annual_emissions_$UNIT-MASS$_$EMISSION-GAS$ ($UNIT-MASS$ = mt, $EMISSION-GAS$ = n2o)	none		0	1	1		0
Input	Area of Region	Units: Hectares (ha). Total area of the country, including land and water.	area_gnrl_country_$UNIT-AREA$ ($UNIT-AREA$ = ha)	none	FAO Land Use and Area	0	1	1		0			FAO Country area: Area under national sovereignty. It is the sum of land area, inland waters and coastal waters. It excludes the exclusive economic zone.
Input	Climate Change Factor for Average Hydropower Availability	Scale the capacity factor of hydropower production up or down	climate_change_factor_gnrl_hydropower_availability	none		0	1	1		0
Input	Elasticity National Occupation Rate to GDP Per Capita		elasticity_gnrl_rate_occupancy_to_gdppc	none		0	1	1		0
Input	Fraction Eating Red Meat	Gives a scalar a for demand for red meat in the country. Used to represent adoption of vegetarianism. Decreases in this scalar lead to increases in crop consumption, with the per-capita demand for crops increasng by the scalar dietary_exchange for 100(1 - a)% of the population (see land use sector). Additionally, population-level changes to diet impact the protein content of wastewater.	frac_gnrl_eating_red_meat	none		0	1	1		0
Input	Initial National Occupancy Rate	Used to calculate number of households. Units: average # of people per household nationally at time \(t = 0\).	occrateinit_gnrl_occupancy	none	UN # People per Household	0	1	1		0			No data avaiable for Barbados or Belize. NEED ASSUMPTION
Input	Population	Units: # of people	population_gnrl_$CAT-GENERAL$	all	World Bank — Urban Population World Bank — Rural Population	0	1	1		0
Output	National Occupancy Rate		occrate_gnrl_hhs	none		0	1	1		0
Output	Number of Households		qty_gnrl_households	none		0	1	1		0
Output	Total Population		population_gnrl_total	none		0	1	1		0

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Economy (ECON)

The Economy subsector is used to represent exogenous economic drivers of emissions and is separate from the economic impact analysis. Note that Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is treated as an exogenous uncertainty, in one of the key drivers of emissions, combining with elasticities to both GDP and GDP/capita to affect projections of future demands of products and transportation.

Categories

Categories associated with the Economy subsector are identified by the $CAT-ECONOMY$ variable schema element and shown in the category attribute table shown below.

Economy categories ($CAT-ECONOMY$ attribute table)

Category Name	$CAT-ECONOMY$	Definition	GDP Component	Data Source	Hyperlink	Notes
Commercial	commercial	DEF HERE	1		Pendiente
Industrial	industrial	DEF HERE (right now, this excludes manufacturing and mining)	1		World Bank Industrial VA	There are no Industrial VA data for Barbados and Venezuela.
Manufacturing	manufacturing	DEF HERE	1		World Bank Manufacturing VA	There are no Manufacturing VA data for Barbados and Venezuela.
Mining	mining	DEF HERE	1		Pendiente

Variables

Variables associated with the Economy subsector are shown below.

Trajectories of the following variables are needed for the Economy subsector. The categories that variables apply to are described in the category column.

Variable Type	Variable	Information	Variable Schema	Categories	Reference	Default Value	Default LHS Scalar Minimum at Final Time Period	Default LHS Scalar Maximum at Final Time Period	Simplex Group	Emissions Total by Gas Component	IPCC Emissions Sector Codes	IPCC Equation Reference	Notes
Input	GDP	GDP in billions of USD	gdp_$UNIT-MONETARY$ ($UNIT-MONETARY$ = mmm_usd)	none	World Bank GDP	0	1	1		0			Exogenous GDP trajectory
Output	GDP per Capita	GDP per Capita in dollars	gdp_per_capita_$UNIT-MONETARY$ ($UNIT-MONETARY$ = usd)	none		0	1	1		0