Bridging the Feasibility Gap in Energy Transitions: Policy Insights from MultiCountry Stakeholder Consultations

Bridging the Feasibility Gap in Energy Transitions: Policy Insights from MultiCountry Stakeholder Consultations

Scenarios are a fundamental tool in planning sustainability and energy transitions. They help policymakers  explore future possibilities and define roadmaps for reducing emissions and achieving long-term goals. However, most current energy transitions scenarios are developed through integrated assessment models that focus primarily on technical, economic, and environmental variables. While these...

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Reducing Climate Risks through Just Transition Policies

Reducing Climate Risks through Just Transition Policies

The transition towards climate neutrality represents a profound societal transformation that affects different segments of society in unequal ways and imply the adoption of just transition policies. While the urgency of achieving net zero emissions is clear, the pathway to decarbonisation produces varied impacts across regions, communities, and social groups....

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A Society-Economy-Nature (SEN-HARP) model to analyse trade-offs of net-zero carbon transition

Transition to net-zero carbon is not merely technical but a complex socio-political endeavour with significant trade-offs involving inequality, well-being, sustainability, and political acceptability. While significant progress has been made in understanding the biophysical dimensions of climate change, the socio-political aspects remain largely underexplored by assessment models. The Working Paper “Transitioning...

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