Tracking sectoral progress in the deep decarbonisation of energy systems in Europe

Thomas Spencer, Roberta Pierfederici, Oliver Sartor, Nicolas Berghmans, Sascha Samadi, Manfred Fischedick, Katharina Knoop, Steve Pye, Patrick Criqui (), Sandrine Mathy, Pantelis Capros, Panagiotis Fragkos, Maciej Bukowski, Maria Virdis, Maria Gaeta, Karine Pollier and Cyril Cassisa
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Thomas Spencer: IDDRI - Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Paris
Roberta Pierfederici: IDDRI - Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Paris
Oliver Sartor: IDDRI - Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Paris
Nicolas Berghmans: IDDRI - Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Paris
Sascha Samadi: Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment and Energy
Manfred Fischedick: Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment and Energy
Katharina Knoop: Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment and Energy
Steve Pye: UCL - University College of London [London]
Patrick Criqui: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]
Pantelis Capros: E3MLab - Institute of Communication and Computer Systems - NTUA - National Technical University of Athens [Athens]
Panagiotis Fragkos: E3MLab - Institute of Communication and Computer Systems - NTUA - National Technical University of Athens [Athens]
Maciej Bukowski: WiseEuropa Institute
Maria Virdis: ENEA - Italian National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development [Frascati]
Maria Gaeta: ENEA - Italian National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development [Frascati]
Karine Pollier: Enerdata
Cyril Cassisa: Enerdata

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Abstract: Decarbonisation of energy systems requires deep structural change. The purpose of this research was to analyse the rates of change taking place in the energy systems of each Member State of the European Union (EU), and the EU in aggregate, in the light of the EU's climate change mitigation objectives. Trends on indicators such as sectoral activity levels and composition, energy intensity, and carbon intensity of energy were compared with decadal benchmarks derived from deep decarbonisation scenarios. The methodology applied provides a useful and informative approach to tracking decarbonisation of energy systems. The results show that while the EU has made significant progress in decarbonising its energy system. On a number of indicators assessed the results show that a significant acceleration from historical levels is required in order to reach the rates of change seen on the future benchmarks for deep decarbonisation. The methodology applied provides an example of how the research community and international organisations could complement the transparency mechanism developed by the Paris Agreement on climate change, to improve understanding of progress toward low-carbon energy systems.

Keywords: energy system decarbonisation; EU climate policy; policy monitoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in Energy Policy, 2017, 110, pp.509-517. ⟨10.1016/j.enpol.2017.08.053⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.08.053

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