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This PR adds variables suggested by @gunnar-pik related to general investment. including adding tiers to already-existing variables.

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Second comment : my problem with the infrastructure variable is that energy supply is part of the infrastruture in some definitions (https://outlook.gihub.org/)

So may be :

  • rename as "Non-energy infrastructure" and be explicit about the list of infrastrucutre we are talking about ? (Water, Transport, Télécommunications)

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Having second thoughts about Investment|Energy Efficiency: These are clearly part of Energy Demand, and should therefore be part of the substructure of Investment|Energy Demand|.... For Buildings, for instance, they might be part of retrofits. So I think we can simply leave the high-level Investment|Energy Efficiency variable away

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@gunnar-pik, I'm confused about your comment regarding energy-efficiency investment - this is not part of this PR.

Should I go ahead and merge the two variables in this PR: forestry-investment and infrastructure-investment, or do we need a more in-depth discussion about energy-supply-infrastructure versus other infrastructure?

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You're right, please go ahead with the merge.
We can revisit the issue on energy efficiency investments when we add additional investments for the demand side.

description: Investment related to agricultural activity
unit: billion USD_2010/yr
tier: 1
- Investment|Forestry:
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- Investment|Forestry:
- Investment|Agriculture|Forestry:

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My first comment is that "Forestry" should be a sub-category of "Agriculture".
Also the definition should be specified. This includes all forestry activities, right ? Afforestation, reforestation, managed forest, etc. ? @gunnar-pik

note: For plants equipped with CCS, the investment in the capturing equipment should
be included but not the costs related to CO2 transport and storage.

- Investment|Infrastructure:
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- Investment|Infrastructure:
- Investment|Non-energy Infrastructure:

be included but not the costs related to CO2 transport and storage.

- Investment|Infrastructure:
description: Investment into infrastructure
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description: Investment into infrastructure
description: Investment into non-energy infrastructures, which include water management, transports and telecommunications infrastructures

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