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Deep Decarbonization Pathways network publishes paper on strategies to combat climate change
26 March 2019
The paper, published this month in Nature Climate Change, shows how the research undertaken by the DDP network can be used as a handbook by countries seeking to fulfil their Paris Agreement pledges through long-term strategies.
Entitled 'A pathway design framework for national low greenhouse gas emission development strategies', the paper was published on 25 March 2019 in the journal听. It听includes contributions from two UCL Energy Institute academics:听Steve Pye and听Gabrial Anandarajah. Commenting on the publication, they said:
With the need for countries to develop more ambitious climate strategies, beyond the NDCs, this paper sets out how this can be done听by the use of a framework that prioritises national development objectives. Reflecting on the experiences of 16 countries, including the UK, it shows how deep decarbonisation pathways can be developed to meet the global objectives of the Paris Agreement.听鈥淲ith the need for countries to develop more ambitious climate strategies, beyond the NDCs, this paper sets out how this can be done, by the use of a framework that prioritises national development objectives. Reflecting on the experiences of 16 countries, including the UK, it shows how deep decarbonisation pathways can be developed to meet the global objectives of the Paris Agreement.
The research responds to the Paris agenda requiring countries to formulate 鈥渓ong-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies鈥� so as to become carbon-neutral as soon as possible after 2050. The framework set out by the DDP ensures that these take country circumstances and national development objectives into account, and can be used for engagement with stakeholders and policy.
About the DDPP
Formed in 2014, the (DDPP) is a global collaboration of energy research teams charting practical pathways to major reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The UCL Energy Institute represents the UK in the network, which is comprised of research institutions from sixteen of the world鈥檚 largest greenhouse-gas-emitting countries. The DDPP听operates today in around听40 countries, and is coordinated by the听Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations () in Paris.
More information
- Download the IDDRI press release (PDF, 620KB)
- See Steve Pye's academic profile
- See Gabrial Anandarajah's academic profile
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