Limiting Global Warming to Well Below 2 °C: Energy System Modelling and Policy Development

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Giannakidis, George (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Karlsson, Kenneth (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Labriet, Maryse (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ó Gallachóir, B. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 64
• Subjects: Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Energy systems.; Climate change.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy security.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Energy Systems.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Security.

 This book presents the energy system roadmaps necessary to limit global temperature increase to below 2°C, in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. It provides a unique perspective on and critical understanding of the feasibility of a well-below-2°C world by exploring energy system pathways, technology innovations, behaviour change and the macro-economic impacts of achieving carbon neutrality by mid-century. The transformative changes in the energy transition are explored using energy systems models and scenario analyses that are applied to various cities, countries and at a global scale to offer scientific evidence to underpin complex policy decisions relating to climate change mitigation and interrelated issues like energy security and the energy-water nexus. It includes several chapters directly related to the Nationally Determined Contributions proposed in the context of the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In summary, the book collates a range of concrete analyses at different scales from around the globe, revisiting the roles of countries, cities and local communities in pathways to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make a well-below-2°C world a reality. A valuable source of information for energy modellers in both the industry and public sectors, it provides a critical understanding of both the feasibility of roadmaps to achieve a well-below-2°C world, and the diversity and wide applications of energy systems models. Encompassing behaviour changes; technology innovations; macro-economic impacts; and other environmental challenges, such as water, it is also of interest to energy economists and engineers, as well as economic modellers working in the field of climate change mitigation. 

 Introduction -- Part I: What to Learn from Global Perspectives? -- Part II: What Leadership for European Countries? -- Part III: Are Non-European Countries Well Committed? -- Part IV: What Roles for Cities and Local Communities?