This blog post is partly based on the policy paper “Job Losses and the Political Acceptability of Climate Policies: why the job killing argument is so persistent and how to overturn it.” Concerns for a “just transition” towards a low-carbon economy are now part of mainstream political debates as well as of international negotiations on […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/parliament.jpg28014198Francesco Vona, OFCE Science-Pohttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngFrancesco Vona, OFCE Science-Po2019-10-02 16:21:192021-04-29 07:36:53Political acceptability of climate policies: do we need a “just transition” or simply less unequal societies?
The role of carbon-intensive regions in the EU Coal production has been in decline in the EU in recent years; production decreased by over 30% between 2000 and 2015. However, unlike renewables, solid fossil fuel production is not evenly distributed on the continent. Coal is mined in more than 40 EU regions across 12 Member […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/coal-mine.jpg28014198Ewa Stefaniakhttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngEwa Stefaniak2019-07-10 11:04:572021-04-29 07:40:16Low-carbon transition in European carbon-intensive regions: mission impossible or indispensability?
“These are the times that try men’s soul” wrote Thomas Paine in his famous pamphlet American Crisis in the heat of the American Revolution. These words well describe the present time too – in their broadest meaning. The political systems in the western world are under unprecedented pressure not witnessed since the dark times of […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/protest-image.jpg28014198Peter D. Lundhttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngPeter D. Lund2019-06-04 08:34:372021-04-29 07:40:16No simple answer to carbon complexity
The COP21 UNFCCC conference in Paris in December 2015 flagged a new era for energy and climate policy. Climate change mitigation turned from being the wish of a few, to the reality of almost all nations around the globe. The signed agreement has invited all parties to submit, by 2020, mid-century low-emission strategies compatible with […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/E3M-blog-image-e1599733607635.jpg28012938George Zazias and Pantelis Caproshttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngGeorge Zazias and Pantelis Capros2019-05-21 11:50:532021-04-29 07:40:16Modelling the EU’s Long-Term Strategy towards a carbon-neutral energy system
While in the EU the past decade can be characterized mostly by getting climate policies into place and refining them, the challenge ahead for the next decade is to substantially increase their stringency. In the first decade of this century, many of the policies considered to become the backbone for achieving these targets were developed […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Traffic-jam-website.jpg28014198M. Pahle and R. Pietzckerhttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngM. Pahle and R. Pietzcker2019-03-05 12:22:092021-04-29 07:40:58Ratcheting up policy stringency through sequencing
The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) closed in Katowice on December 15th, 2018. After two intense weeks of talks and crunch negotiations (with ‘overtime’), the almost 200 parties in the conference managed to agree on a 133-page rule-book which guides the implementation of the Paris Agreement. These guidelines specify how the Paris commitments will […]
https://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/COP-24-blog-innopaths-website-size.jpg28014198E. Verdolini, L. Watson, O. Kulik and A. Mustațăhttps://innopaths.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innopaths-logo.pngE. Verdolini, L. Watson, O. Kulik and A. Mustață2019-02-04 12:45:082021-04-29 07:40:58Energy decarbonization & Coal phase-out: financial, technological and policy drivers
Political acceptability of climate policies: do we need a “just transition” or simply less unequal societies?
/in Blog /by Francesco Vona, OFCE Science-PoThis blog post is partly based on the policy paper “Job Losses and the Political Acceptability of Climate Policies: why the job killing argument is so persistent and how to overturn it.” Concerns for a “just transition” towards a low-carbon economy are now part of mainstream political debates as well as of international negotiations on […]
Low-carbon transition in European carbon-intensive regions: mission impossible or indispensability?
/in Blog /by Ewa StefaniakThe role of carbon-intensive regions in the EU Coal production has been in decline in the EU in recent years; production decreased by over 30% between 2000 and 2015. However, unlike renewables, solid fossil fuel production is not evenly distributed on the continent. Coal is mined in more than 40 EU regions across 12 Member […]
No simple answer to carbon complexity
/in Blog /by Peter D. Lund“These are the times that try men’s soul” wrote Thomas Paine in his famous pamphlet American Crisis in the heat of the American Revolution. These words well describe the present time too – in their broadest meaning. The political systems in the western world are under unprecedented pressure not witnessed since the dark times of […]
Modelling the EU’s Long-Term Strategy towards a carbon-neutral energy system
/in Blog /by George Zazias and Pantelis CaprosThe COP21 UNFCCC conference in Paris in December 2015 flagged a new era for energy and climate policy. Climate change mitigation turned from being the wish of a few, to the reality of almost all nations around the globe. The signed agreement has invited all parties to submit, by 2020, mid-century low-emission strategies compatible with […]
Ratcheting up policy stringency through sequencing
/in Blog /by M. Pahle and R. PietzckerWhile in the EU the past decade can be characterized mostly by getting climate policies into place and refining them, the challenge ahead for the next decade is to substantially increase their stringency. In the first decade of this century, many of the policies considered to become the backbone for achieving these targets were developed […]
Energy decarbonization & Coal phase-out: financial, technological and policy drivers
/in Blog /by E. Verdolini, L. Watson, O. Kulik and A. MustațăThe 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) closed in Katowice on December 15th, 2018. After two intense weeks of talks and crunch negotiations (with ‘overtime’), the almost 200 parties in the conference managed to agree on a 133-page rule-book which guides the implementation of the Paris Agreement. These guidelines specify how the Paris commitments will […]