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Tracking sectoral progress in the deep decarbonisation of energy systems in Europe

Steve Pye
Patrick Criqui
Karine Pollier
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Cyril Cassisa
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Decarbonisation of energy systems requires deep structural change. The purpose of this research was to analyse the rates of change taking place in the energy systems of each Member State of the European Union (EU), and the EU in aggregate, in the light of the EU's climate change mitigation objectives. Trends on indicators such as sectoral activity levels and composition, energy intensity, and carbon intensity of energy were compared with decadal benchmarks derived from deep decarbonisation scenarios. The methodology applied provides a useful and informative approach to tracking decarbonisation of energy systems. The results show that while the EU has made significant progress in decarbonising its energy system. On a number of indicators assessed the results show that a significant acceleration from historical levels is required in order to reach the rates of change seen on the future benchmarks for deep decarbonisation. The methodology applied provides an example of how the research community and international organisations could complement the transparency mechanism developed by the Paris Agreement on climate change, to improve understanding of progress toward low-carbon energy systems.
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hal-01586028 , version 1 (12-09-2017)

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Thomas Spencer, Roberta Pierfederici, Oliver Sartor, Nicolas Berghmans, Sascha Samadi, et al.. Tracking sectoral progress in the deep decarbonisation of energy systems in Europe. Energy Policy, 2017, 110, pp.509-517. ⟨10.1016/j.enpol.2017.08.053⟩. ⟨hal-01586028⟩
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