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For decades, scientists have called for a transition to clean energy to prevent the worst impacts of climate change but fears that such a transition would be costly and harm the economy have held back progress. However, a study from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Post-Carbon Transition published this week shows the reverse: an…
Integrated Low- Carbon Strategies: A Policy Brief from the Policy Learning Platform on Low-carbon economy - IINTERREG EUROPE
Public authorities across Europe have an important role to play in the development of a sustainable and low-carbon economy, with transformations needed in every sector and area of public life. As such, multiple actors are involved in setting up strategies to direct public policy, across multiple departments and levels of governance – covering areas such as housing,
building codes, land-use, transport, energy, climate change mitigation and environmental policy. These strategies, often developed in silos, need to be harmonised and integrated to ensure that all are pulling in the same direction, and to make optimal use of limited resources. As well as cross-departmental (horizontal) co-operation, vertical co-operation between levels
of government also needs to be enabled. A number of projects and regions have already investigated the integration process and their results and guidelines can provide a number of lessons for others on how to optimally use resources, share data, engage with stakeholders and work across boundaries to develop and achieve regional aims. Download
Birgit Hansen is the mayor of Frederikshavn, Denmark and is recognised for her role in the city’s ambitious climate plan that will reduce its CO2 emissions by over 90% by 2050. Created in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the C40 Cities Climate Action Planning Framework, the plan is already successfully mobilising the community to achieve a zero carbon society.
Lors du Conseil de Paris du 9 juillet dernier, la Ville a présenté sa volonté de créer un futur opérateur « Énergies de Paris » et une Coopérative Carbone. Présentation de ces deux outils qui devront contribuer à l’atteinte des objectifs du Plan Climat en 2030 et la neutralité carbone en 2050.
The European Union has agreed to make climate neutrality by 2050 a legally binding target and set a target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to the 1990 levels.
The negotiators of the European Parliament and the European Council have reached a provisional agreement on the European Climate Law. The law is the cornerstone of the European Green Deal which aims for climate neutrality by 2050.
Le Conseil d’Etat neuchâtelois a dévoilé son programme pour ne plus émettre de gaz à effet de serre en 2050. Le Plan climatique neuchâtelois se décline déjà en 80 mesures, auxquelles se rajoutent 50 nouvelles actions présentées ce jeudi.
Premier producteur d'or noir de l'Union européenne (après le Royaume-Uni en cours de sortie), le Danemark va cesser l'exploitation du pétrole et du gaz en mer du Nord en 2050 dans le cadre de ses efforts pour devenir un modèle de transition énergétique, a annoncé le ministère de l'Énergie.
Pour atteindre la neutralité climatique en 2050, Berlin va devoir reprendre sa feuille de route. Ce constat, fait depuis plusieurs mois par de nombreux experts, est confirmé par une étude présentée le 22 octobre par l’institut Agora Energiewende, aiguillon de la transition énergétique outre-Rhin.
Poland moved a step closer to formally endorsing the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal this week when its climate ministry presented an update of the country’s 2040 energy roadmap during an online event hosted by EURACTIV.
A net-zero economy by 2050 in the EU requires bold action across all sectors, and in none more than buildings. The building sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. In its long-term strategy for 2050, the European Commission recognises the need for a…
The Municipality of Amsterdam presented its green vision for the future earlier this week. The document depicts how it wants to keep the city green in the leadup to 2050 and how to go even further beyond. The vision is still a concept waiting for the feedback and contribution from citizens.
Si la crise sanitaire est l’urgence première, l’économiste Gaël Giraud nous alerte quant à la profonde crise économique qui nous guette. Celle-ci, impactant directement l’économie réelle, ne ressemble en rien à la crise boursière de 1929 ou celle des subprimes de 2008. Comment l’éviter ? L’auteur propose de sortir des carcans idéologiques néo-libéraux qui ont guidé nos gouvernements et institutions jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Il appelle à un engagement massif de l’État pour créer des emplois et l’annulation d’une partie des dettes publiques.
As the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the European Commission stays the course on green policies, launching a public consultation on Tuesday (30 March) to raise the bloc’s climate target for 2030.
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In order to be climate neutral by 2050 and to fulfil its 2030 climate targets, Europe needs more green investment. Although total European climate investment is on the rise, thanks in part to the EU’s recovery fund, businesses, households and governments must spend more on green energy, infrastructure and energy efficiency. But Europe’s fiscal rulebook risks holding such investment back, and some highly indebted countries cannot increase debt much further. In this new Centre for European Reform policy brief, ‘How to make EU fiscal rules compatible with net zero’, Claudio Baccianti of Agora Energiewende, and Christian Odendahl European economics editor at The Economist and former chief economist of the CER calculate the spending needed for the EU to meet its climate goals and propose a reform to its fiscal rules that would allow for this.
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy sets out how the UK will decarbonise our homes, and our commercial, industrial and public sector buildings.
As part of setting a path to net zero by 2050, the strategy will be simple, low-cost and green to ensure it remains affordable and fair for all households.
For renewables, the roadmap is in the form of an inception impact assessment. It will assess whether the EU renewable energy target should be raised and whether other parts of the directive would need to be modified, in line with the ongoing assessment underpinning the Climate Target Plan for 2030 and other initiatives already adopted as the Biodiversity Strategy, the Energy System Integration Strategy and the Hydrogen Strategy, as well as Member State national energy and climate plans. For energy efficiency, a combined evaluation roadmap and inception impact assessment is foreseen. The evaluation will review the adequacy of the directive in view of the existing energy efficiency targets, policies and measures set out in the national energy and climate plans, and taking into account the higher climate target and recent Commission initiatives such as the Energy System Integration Strategy. The findings of the evaluation will provide insights into the remaining economic, environmental, behavioural and organisational barriers, which will help identify additional solutions for improving the energy efficiency framework.
The number of countries announcing pledges to achieve net-zero emissions over the coming decades continues to grow. But the pledges by governments to date – even if fully achieved – fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 and give the world an even chance of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C.
This special report is the world’s first comprehensive study of how to transition to a net zero energy system by 2050 while ensuring stable and affordable energy supplies, providing universal energy access, and enabling robust economic growth. It sets out a cost-effective and economically productive pathway, resulting in a clean, dynamic and resilient energy economy dominated by renewables like solar and wind instead of fossil fuels. The report also examines key uncertainties, such as the roles of bioenergy, carbon capture and behavioural changes in reaching net zero.
Ireland’s coalition government has approved a climate bill that enshrines emissions reduction targets in law and puts the country on a path to carbon neutrality by 2050.
The proposed law would commit Ireland to cutting its emissions by 51% between 2018 and 2030 and to net zero no later than 2050. Government is pushing it through parliament as priority legislation.
From Ballerup and Viborg to Odense and Hjørring. The 46 new municipalities which will boost local climate efforts have now been named. Through the ’DK2020 – Climate plans for all of Denmark’ project they will all develop climate action plans that live up to the Paris Agreement. The parties behind the project - Realdania, Local Government Denmark and the five Danish regions - describe the level of interest as overwhelming.
Offshore wind capacity in the EU "should be multiplied by 25 times by 2050" as the European Commission looks for all possible ways of boosting the share of renewables in energy consumption, according to a draft policy document seen by EURACTIV.
Poland moved closer to ending its heavy reliance on coal Friday (25 September) as the government and miners' unions agreed a landmark plan to phase out mines by 2049.
The proposal is an effort to keep countries on track to become climate neutral by 2050, reaching "net zero" emissions
What I’m proposing is a direct elimination of fossil fuels involving a national cap on the number that can be brought into the economy in a year.
The Amsterdam of the future will be much more sustainable, with 50 % less use of raw materials in a decade’s time and with an entirely circular economy by 2050. But not before it reaches its 2020-2025 goals, which have just been set out and approved by the College of Mayor and Aldermen.
The purpose of the calculator is to build an energy pathway that hits the 80% CO2 emission reduction target at the top of the page. As you get closer to achieving this the arrow will move to the right.
The calculator models what is thought to be physically and technically possible in forty-two different sectors. It is based on scientific and engineering data and was built in collaboration with a wide range of organisations from inside and outside of government.
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