Demand-side strategies enable rapid and deep cuts in buildings and transport emissions to 2050
Decarbonization of energy-using sectors is essential for tackling climate change. We use an ensemble of global integrated assessment models to asse…
Category: Climate-change mitigation
Demand-side policies can significantly reduce emissions from energy use in buildings and transport
The policy problem The Paris Agreement sets a goal to keep global warming well below 2 °C. However, model projections show that this goal is…
Multi-country evidence on societal factors to include in energy transition modelling
Integrated assessment and energy system models are challenged to account for societal transformation dynamics, but empirical evidence is lacking on…
Mitigation policies interactions delay the achievement of carbon neutrality in China
The achievement of China’s carbon neutrality is crucial for the 1.5 °C target of the Paris Agreement and must involve the implementation of va…
Policy interactions make achieving carbon neutrality in China more challenging
The policy problem As the largest CO2 emitter and the second largest economy in the world, the achievement of China’s carbon neutrality is crucial for…
Preserving carbon dioxide removal to serve critical needs
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is critical to most net-zero pathways, especially given challenges due to slow decarbonization, hard-to-abate (H2A) ec…
Vehicle–canine collaboration for urban pipeline methane leak detection
Urban areas are experiencing the expansion of distribution pipeline networks due to the transition from coal to natural gas for reducing carbon emi…
Effect of hydrogen leakage on the life cycle climate impacts of hydrogen supply chains
Hydrogen is of interest for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors because it does not produce carbon dioxide when combusted. However, hydrogen has in…