Gas-CAP is designed as a tool to explore whether sector- and national-level emissions policies “add up” to desired global totals. It is a sandbox in which the user can play with different future scenarios for certain nations or sectors (e.g., “what if we dropped the emissions in sector X to zero?) and understand the increased or decreased pressure on other nations or sectors. It is a tool designed to encourage “what if” exploration at the macro-level of emissions.
Gas-CAP is not designed to answer questions regarding whether the user’s chosen scenarios are technically, economically, or politically feasible, nor is it designed to answer questions regarding “how” the emissions reductions are accomplished. It is expected that the tool will generate vigorous dialogue among users regarding feasibility & implementation.