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Advancing multilateral cooperation on climate action
Ideas for new initiatives across four policy areas and how to use existing international venues as stepping stones
Multilateral initiatives and cooperation can be effective means to increase ambition and action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. This synthesis report summarizes the proposals for new initiatives in four policy fields –…
Methodology for assessing the quality of carbon credits
Version 1.0
Carbon markets with high-quality credits could play an important role in raising the ambition of climate action and help close the gap between current climate commitments and the necessary decarbonisation of the global economy. If carbon…
Carbon Pricing and Complementary Policies - Consistency of the Policy Mix for Decarbonizing Buildings in Germany
While it is widely acknowledged that carbon pricing plays an important role in driving the transition towards a low-carbon energy system, its interaction with complementary instruments is discussed controversially. The analysis of…
EEA Report No 13/2021
Trends and projections in Europe 2021
The year 2020 saw remarkable progress towards meeting the EU's climate and energy targets. Rarely in the publication of the annual Trends and projections in Europe report has this executive summary presented such substantial progress as…
Critical Review of the IPHE Working Paper “Methodology for Determining the GHG emissions associated with the Production of hydrogen”
This paper provides a critical review of selected aspects of the draft IPHE methodology. The purpose of this paper is to provide an input to people involved in the consultation process concerning the draft IPHE methodology. The main…
Support for an impact assessment on measures to address the risk of carbon leakage in the light of any increase in climate ambition
This report presents analysis undertaken to support the European Commission’s impact assessment for the revision of the Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), in relation to measures to address the risk of carbon leakage in the light of any…
Phase-out regulations for fossil fuel boilers at EU and national level
The potential impact of transitioning CDM units and activities to the Paris Agreement
Understanding implications of key policy choices on the table in Glasgow
This presentation includes updated research by NewClimate Institute and Öko-Institut on the potential transition of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to the Paris Agreement, as discussed by Parties under Article 6 of the Paris…
Why electricity market models yield different results: Carbon pricing in a model-comparison experiment
The European electricity industry, the dominant sector of the world's largest cap-and-trade scheme, is one of the most-studied examples of carbon pricing. In particular, numerical models are often used to study the uncertain future…
Results of the KJWA – Options for outcomes to be included in the report back to the UNFCCC and further use
Background paper
This paper provides an overview of the outcomes of each of the six workshops that have been carried out under the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) under the UNFCCC and identifies potential elements that could be included as…
Sufficiency in transport policy – an analysis of EU countries’ national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies
eceee 2021 Summer Study proceedings - Panel: 6. Transport and mobility
On the pathway to climate neutrality, EU member states are obliged to submit national energy and climate plans (NECPs) with planned policies and measures for decarbonization until 2030 and long-term strategies (LTSs) for further…
Municipal climate action managers: Evaluating the impact
eceee 2021 Summer Study proceedings - Panel: 3. Policy, finance and governance
Germany has approximately 11,000 municipalities which can make a significant contribution towards achieving climate targets. The Local Authorities Funding Guideline (LAG) of the German National Climate Initiative (NCI) has supported…
Systemic challenges of Germany's heat transition – a measure and policy roadmap for a climate neutral building stock
eceee 2021 Summer Study proceedings - Panel: 7. Policies for a green recovery in the buildings sector
To reduce Germany's total GHG emissions by 95 % by 2050, the building sector must be completely decarbonised. Due to the inertia of the sector, it is necessary to significantly accelerate the renovation of buildings and the…
Are economic principles a driver or a barrier for energy efficiency and climate policy?
eceee 2021 Summer Study proceedings - Panel: 2. Policy innovations to ensure, scale and sustain action
Economic principles are at the heart of key policies addressing or affecting energy efficiency. Minimum energy performance standards are typically based on an economic efficiency principle, where the ambition of the minimum requirements…
Enough? The role of sufficiency in European energy and climate plans
Energy sufficiency is one of the three energy sustainability strategies, next to energy efficiency and renewable energies. We analyse to what extent European governments follow this strategy, by conducting a systematic document analysis…
Attribution: A practical guide to navigating the blending of climate finance and carbon markets
Final Report September 2021
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement will require an unprecedented scale of financing for low-carbon and climate-resilient development. This poses a particular challenge to developing countries. The current financial flows from…
Addressing the Effect of Social Acceptance on the Distribution of Wind Energy Plants and the Transmission Grid in Germany
Social acceptance is increasingly becoming a limiting factor in implementing the energy transition in Germany. From today’s perspective, the expansion of wind energy and future transmission grids is only somewhat a technical or economic…
E-fuels versus DACCS
Total costs of electro-fuels and direct air captureand carbon storage while taking into account directandupstream emissions and environmental risks
Study on behalf of Transport & Environment (T&E)
For defossilizing European aviation,synthetic fuels or electro fuels (e-fuels) might play a pivotal role in the longterm.The UK’s Committee on Climate Change, however, suggests that…
Building a Common Support Framework in Differing Realities - Conditions for Renewable Energy Communities in Germany and Bulgaria
The revised EU Renewable Energy Directive first introduced renewable energy communities into the EU policy framework and requires Member States to implement a support framework for them. Given the broad scientific evidence showing the…
Case-Study: Energy and Climate Funds
This case study is part of a series of six studies which show good practice examples for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors covered under the Effort Sharing Legislation. It has been developed on behalf of the European…