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Integrated assessment of the role of bioenergy within the EU energy transition targets to 2050

Bioenergy is considered an important component within the European Union (EU) energy transition to meet mid-century climate targets. Model assessments that have highlighted the role of bioenergy in…

Twenty years of climate policy: G20 coverage and gaps

The number and coverage of climate change mitigation policies have increased in the past twenty years, but important policy adoption gaps remain. To analyse sectoral climate policy in the G20 over…

Climate and Energy Outlook 2021

This annual publication is stipulated by the Dutch Climate Act and regarded as one of the accountability instruments of Dutch climate and energy policy. Taking adopted and proposed policies as the…

Renewing industrial regions? Advanced manufacturing and industrial policy in Britain

In many countries, industrial policy is back in vogue. One of these countries is the United Kingdom, where it is hoped that industrial policy can provide a further boost to advanced manufacturing…

UNEP Emissions Gap report 2021

New and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) only take an additional 7.5% off projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases. The latest emission reduction pledges for 2030 would result in…

Global and regional aggregate damages associated with global warming of 1.5 to 4 °C above pre-industrial levels

We quantify global and regional aggregate damages from global warming of 1.5 to 4 °C above pre-industrial levels using a well-established integrated assessment model, PAGE09.

Trade-offs between water needs for food, utilities, and the environment - a nexus quantification at different scales

With a growing population and a changing climate, competition for water resources in the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is expected to increase. In this study, competing water demands between food…

The 2021 SSP scenarios of the IMAGE 3.2 model

The SSP (Shared Socio-economic Pathways) scenarios are intensively used in climate and environmental research to explore uncertain future developments and possible response strategies. This paper…

Land-based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country

Land-based climate mitigation measures have gained significant attention and importance in public and private sector climate policies. Building on previous studies, we refine and update the mitigation…

Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries

This report by NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) provides an overview of projected greenhouse…