pathways to deep decarbonization - 2014 report
Creators
- 1. Sustainable Development Solutions Network - SDSN, Reid Hall, 4 Rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris (France)
- 2. IDDRI, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume 75337 Paris Cedex 07 (France)
- 3. Institut du developpement durable et des relations internationales/Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations - IDDRI, 41, rue du Four, 75006 Paris (France)
Description
The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is a collaborative initiative to understand and show how individual countries can transition to a low-carbon economy and how the world can meet the internationally agreed target of limiting the increase in global mean surface temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius (deg. C). Achieving the 2 deg. C limit will require that global net emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) approach zero by the second half of the century. This will require a profound transformation of energy systems by mid-century through steep declines in carbon intensity in all sectors of the economy, a transition we call 'deep decarbonization.' Successfully transition to a low-carbon economy will require unprecedented global cooperation, including a global cooperative effort to accelerate the development and diffusion of some key low carbon technologies. As underscored throughout this report, the results of the DDPP analyses remain preliminary and incomplete. The DDPP proceeds in two phases. This 2014 report describes the DDPP's approach to deep decarbonization at the country level and presents preliminary findings on technically feasible pathways to deep decarbonization, utilizing technology assumptions and timelines provided by the DDPP Secretariat. At this stage we have not yet considered the economic and social costs and benefits of deep decarbonization, which will be the topic for the next report. The DDPP is issuing this 2014 report to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in support of the Climate Leaders' Summit at the United Nations on September 23, 2014. This 2014 report by the Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project (DDPP) summarizes preliminary findings of the technical pathways developed by the DDPP Country Research Partners with the objective of achieving emission reductions consistent with limiting global warming to less than 2 deg. C., without, at this stage, consideration of economic and social costs and benefits. The DDPP is a knowledge network comprising 15 Country Research Partners, and several Partner Organizations who develop and share methods, assumptions, and findings related to deep decarbonization. Each DDPP Country Research Team develops illustrative pathway analysis for the transition to a low-carbon economy, with the intent of taking into account national socio-economic conditions, development aspirations, infrastructure stocks, resource endowments, and other relevant factors. This document starts with a short outline of key results from previous global studies (discussed in chapter I to IV) and then turns to what is new and special about the country-level approach of the DDPP (explained in chapter V). It summarizes the main preliminary findings from the Deep Decarbonization Pathways (DDPs) developed by the Country Research Partners (included in chapter VI) and draws some lessons for the international negotiations leading up to the 21. Conference of the Parties (COP-21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to be held in Paris in December 2015
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 232 p.
- Report number
- INIS-FR--15-0191
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 46035001
- Subject category
- ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Quality check status
- Yes
- Descriptors DEI
- AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; STANDARD OF LIVING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;
- Descriptors DEC
- CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY SOURCES; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;
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- Notes
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