Low-Carbon Europe: Development of ambitious climate protection scenarios, taking into account security of energy supply, sustainability and competitiveness

This report presents a thorough analysis of drivers for decarbonization in different scenario studies. Selected baseline and emission reduction scenarios from a range of studies on the EU, including some EU member states, were analysed to generate insights into:

· Which decarbonization strategies exist?

· Which sectors already show a clear decarbonization strategy?

· In which sectors is the decarbonization strategy less obvious or clear as significantly different and mutually excluding strategies exist?

· Are there sectors where decarbonization is particularly difficult and which are these?

· Which issues have not been addressed in the existing scenarios so far?

Besides a generic comparison a decomposition analysis was applied to these scenarios to identify key drivers for changes in emissions in the scenarios.

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