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Open AccessCarbon pricing and system reliability impacts on pathways to universal electricity access in Africa
Off-grid photovoltaic systems have been proposed as a panacea for economies with poor electricity access, offering a lower-cost “leapfrog” over grid infrastructure used in higher-income economies. Previous res...
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Open AccessThe impacts of decarbonization pathways on Sustainable Development Goals in the European Union
Climate action to achieve the Paris Agreement should respect the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we use an integrated assessment modelling framework comprising nine climate policy models an...
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Open AccessAdjusting 1.5 degree C climate change mitigation pathways in light of adverse new information
Understanding how 1.5 °C pathways could adjust in light of new adverse information, such as a reduced 1.5 °C carbon budget, or slower-than-expected low-carbon technology deployment, is critical for planning re...
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A multimodel analysis of post-Glasgow climate targets and feasibility challenges
The COP26 Glasgow process resulted in many countries strengthening their 2030 emissions reduction targets and announcing net-zero pledges for 2050–2070 but it is not clear how this would impact future warming....
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Powering past coal is not enough
Modelled low-carbon pathways rarely incorporate processes reflecting social and political realities. Now two studies rise to this challenge by exploring the implications of a landmark initiative to phase out c...
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Publisher Correction: The cost of mitigation revisited
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Near-term transition and longer-term physical climate risks of greenhouse gas emissions pathways
Policy, business, finance and civil society stakeholders are increasingly looking to compare future emissions pathways across both their associated physical climate risks stemming from increasing temperatures ...
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The cost of mitigation revisited
Estimates of economic implications of climate policy are important inputs into policy-making. Despite care to contextualize quantitative assessments of mitigation costs, one strong view outside academic climat...
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A multi-model analysis of long-term emissions and warming implications of current mitigation efforts
Most of the integrated assessment modelling literature focuses on cost-effective pathways towards given temperature goals. Conversely, using seven diverse integrated assessment models, we project global energy CO
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Open AccessCorrection to: A hybrid approach to identifying and assessing interactions between climate action (SDG13) policies and a range of SDGs in a UK context
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Open AccessA hybrid approach to identifying and assessing interactions between climate action (SDG13) policies and a range of SDGs in a UK context
In 2015 the United Nations drafted the Paris Agreement and established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for all nations. A question of increasing relevance is the extent to which the pursuit of climate...
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Assessing the feasibility of carbon dioxide mitigation options in terms of energy usage
Measures to mitigate the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) can vary substantially in terms of the energy required. Some proposed CO2 mitigation options involve energy-intensive processes that compromise their via...
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Open AccessReply to “High energy and materials requirement for direct air capture calls for further analysis and R&D”
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The appropriate use of reference scenarios in mitigation analysis
Comparing emissions scenarios is an essential part of mitigation analysis, as climate targets can be met in various ways with different economic, energy system and co-benefit implications. Typically, a central...
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Energy modellers should explore extremes more systematically in scenarios
Scenarios are the primary tool for examining how current decisions shape the future, but the future is affected as much by out-of-ordinary extremes as by generally expected trends. Energy modellers can study e...
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Open AccessAn inter-model assessment of the role of direct air capture in deep mitigation pathways
The feasibility of large-scale biological CO2 removal to achieve stringent climate targets remains unclear. Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) offers an alternative negative emissions technology (NET) ...
