A wide range of Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) methods for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions has been introduced in various academic literature in the last decade to address various
issues, to use different calculable logic, producing different results and implications. A detailed review
has not been carried out on the application of MACC in terms of types of emissions, country/sector,
and methodology used. This study is aimed at identifying, interpreting, and clarifying currently available
literature on MACCs development from 2010-2020 by reviewing the previous applicability of three
analytic dimensions including Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission type, research objects, and modeling
methodologies from top-down and bottom-up methods, providing researchers with information of past
developments and future trends in this area. The result shows that CO2 is one of the most studied
GHG emissions in calculating marginal abatement costs and some countries/regions have not received
much attention from researchers in assessing emission reductions. Finally, the MACC bottom-up
methodology focuses on the application of the engineering model method and the distance function
method is a favorite in the application of the top-down method. Furthermore, this study also highlights
possible research opportunities, which may lead to more successful and impactful results in future
MACC studies.