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EU Horizon 2020 project - Assessing Sectoral Perspectives on Climate Transitions to support the Global Stocktake and subsequent NDCs
A new article by NDC ASPECTS' partners Catherine Hall and Harro Van Asselt investigates the possible role of global governance in transforming land transport towards decarbonisation.

More details (open access article):
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Decarbonising the land transport sector: Pathways towards enhanced global governance
This article investigates the possible role of global governance in transforming land transport towards decarbonisation. While this transformation fac…
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January 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🇿🇦South Africa’s economy remains highly reliant on coal for energy, primarily in electricity generation, synthetic liquid fuels production, and industry.
But what are the key short term actions to put the country on track to reach its climate goals?
Learn more👇🧵
November 28, 2024 at 3:39 PM
🇮🇳India is the world’s most populous country, third largest country in terms of GDP by purchasing power parity and the fifth largest economy by GDP (nominal). But what are the key actions to put the country on track to reach its climate goals?
🧵Learn more 👇
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
🇪🇺EU countries have agreed to set the EU27 on course to becoming the first climate-neutral economy by 2050. But what are the key short term actions to put the EU on track to reach its goals?
Learn more in our new report🧵👇
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
🇨🇳As a rapidly developing nation, China is facing significant challenges in reconciling economic growth, improvement of people’s livelihoods, and sustainable development.
But what are the key short term actions to put the country on track to reach its goals?
🧵Learn more👇
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Climate clubs could play an important role complementing instruments of the #UNFCCC regime such as the #COP29Azerbaijan. But what options exist on their design and how can they be more effective?

Learn more in a new article by Catherine Hall:
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Towards minilateral climate governance? Analysing climate club design options through the lens of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities
In response to the limitations of the United Nations climate change regime, a range of dynamic climate governance arrangements have emerged, including minilateral ‘climate clubs’. Although proposed a...
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November 11, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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🏭 Can the Clean Industrial Deal drive a sustainable future for the EU’s energy-intensive industries?

Join to explore how policies can decarbonise sectors like steel & cement while tackling challenges like biodiversity loss & inequality

🗓️7 Nov 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/Clean-Indust...
October 30, 2024 at 10:42 AM
One of the last outputs of NDC ASPECTS is a collection of 20 short reports or "fiches" on the transition pathways of major emitters and countries that can play a key role on the transformation of buildings, industries, transport, and AFOLU.

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Short reports on the transition pathways of 20 countries
NDC ASPECTS has recently released one of its last major outputs in the form of 20 short reports or "fiches" on the transition pathways of major emitters and countries that can play a key role on the s...
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October 8, 2024 at 1:55 PM
🌳Forests-based measures are promising mitigation options, yet their potentials are often limited by economic and biophysical factors.
🔖A new study led by Théo Rouhette used #GCAM to quantify the economic mitigation potential of these measures.
Learn more: doi.org/10.1088/1748...
October 7, 2024 at 3:17 PM
A new Policy Brief by Hilton Trollip (IDDRI), Nicolas Berghmans (IDDRI), and Gauri Khandekar (VUB) suggests that green iron imports rooted in comparative advantages of different geographies can be technically achievable and economically sound.

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New Policy Brief on EU green iron imports for a more competitive steel industry and accelerated decarbonisation
A new Policy Brief by Hilton Trollip (IDDRI), Nicolas Berghmans (IDDRI), and Gauri Khandekar (VUB) suggests that green iron imports rooted in comparative advantages of different geographies are techni...
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October 2, 2024 at 3:39 PM
A key reason behind the buildings sector’s persistently high emissions is its diversity and complexity.

This Policy Brief by Faidra Filippidou (E3Modelling) attempts to identify viable socio-technical strategies for the sector's transformation.

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New Policy Brief on investments and possible rebound effects in decarbonising the Buildings Sector
A key reason behind the buildings sector’s persistently high emissions is its diversity and complexity. This Policy Brief by Faidra Filippidou (E3Modelling) attempts to identify viable socio-technical...
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October 2, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Private motorized road mobility accounts for about 45% of transport emissions.

A Policy Brief by Isheeka Dasgupta (DLR) and Yann Briand (IDDRI) proposes that going lighter and smaller is one of our best bets to satisfy mobility needs and reduce emissions.

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New policy brief on shifting unavoidable private mobility to lighter electric vehicles
Private motorized road mobility (cars, 2-3 wheelers) accounts for about 45% of transport emissions. The share of larger passenger vehicles – specifically sport utility vehicles (SUVs, including pickup...
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October 2, 2024 at 3:37 PM
NDC ASPECTS may be officially over but more exciting outcomes and publications will be released in the coming months!

Our three last Policy Briefs on the benefits of light electric vehicles, the decarbonisation of buildings, and green steel are now available:

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October 2, 2024 at 3:36 PM
🏭While scrap-based secondary steelmaking has received little attention as a decarbonisation strategy, it has many benefits for the transition of EU steel industry.
👉Learn more in the new policy brief by @annikatoenjes and Süheyb Bilici from @Wupperinst!
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New policy brief on the potential of scrap use for EU steel decarbonization
NDC ASPECTS has released a new policy brief on the potential of scrap use for EU steel decarbonization by Annika Tönjes and Süheyb Bilici from Wuppertal Institute. With a strong focus on supporting hy...
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September 20, 2024 at 10:21 AM
🏭 Decarbonising energy-intensive industries is tough!

🌐 How can global governance help address this and how can we mobilise underexploited potentials?

👉 Find out more in a new paper by NDC ASPECTS members Simon Otto & Sebastian Oberthür in Climate Policy journal:

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September 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
@ndcaspects.bsky.social partner @iddri.bsky.social contributed to a proposal for the upcoming meeting of IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee suggesting "to further analyse the relationship between maritime emissions and the nature of traded goods".

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Sectoral options for advancing global climate governance
On 20 October 2022, NDC ASPECTS work on sectoral options for global climate governance was presented by Adrián Vidal (BC3), Catherine Hall (UEF), and Simon Otto (VUB) at the 2022 Earth Systems Governa...
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September 9, 2024 at 10:08 AM
#UNFCCC and other multilateral governance frameworks didn't manage to curb emissions so far. But what about climate clubs?

A study by @cathhall.bsky.social examines different club designs and their equity implications among countries (CBDR-RC principle).

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Towards Minilateral Climate Governance? Analysing Climate Club Design Options
The multilateral governance frameworks that have been created so far to address climate change—primarily, the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement—h...
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August 27, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Our Policy & Research Dialogue Conference with
www.4i-traction.eu may be over, but you can now find slides & material for all the exciting topics that we have discussed on strengthening climate action in the EU, other heavy emitters, and hard-to-abate sectors.

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July 22, 2024 at 7:54 AM
@ndcaspects.bsky.social members Panagiotis Fragkos and Eleftheria Zisarou participated in a study evaluating net zero emission scenarios for Europe and North America that emerged from the collaboration of the European and American Energy Modeling Forums.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.eg...
July 16, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Building sector is often considered hard to abate globally, among other reasons, due to the variety of decarbonisation strategies among countries.

A new NDC ASPECTS policy brief sheds light on these strategies and suggests options to enhance them.

Read more: www.ndc-aspects.eu/sites/defaul...
July 12, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Join the 2nd day of the #policy & #research dialogue conference by #EU #horizon2020 projects @ndcaspects.bsky.social and www.4i-traction.eu!

Starting strong today with messages for hard to abate sectors: #industry, #buildings, #AFOLU, #transportation

Watch now: ecologic-eu.zoom.us/j/6580245984...
July 10, 2024 at 7:36 AM
🚨A new @ndcaspects.bsky.social paper led by Panagiotis Fragkos examines the effect of Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Targets to ambitious climate goals.

Results show that policy effectiveness can vary significantly across different sectors.

More below:
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Analysing the Transformative Changes of Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Targets
As the imperative to address climate change intensifies, understanding the effectiveness of policy interventions becomes paramount. In the context of addressing these urgent challenges and given the i...
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July 1, 2024 at 1:01 PM
🆕 An @ndcaspects.bsky.social team guided by @wupperinst.bsky.social has released a report on the sectoral conversations approach which guided our project.

💡The approach can be used to better integrate scientific expertise into sustainability governance!

Learn more:
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July 1, 2024 at 12:49 PM
EU elections may be over, but what lies ahead for the EU transition to climate neutrality in the global context?

Join @ndcaspects.bsky.social & www.4i-traction.eu in our Policy & Research Dialogue Conference on July 9-10, 2024 at Brussels (hybrid)!

Register: ndc-aspects.eu/news-events/...
June 17, 2024 at 2:28 PM