Reaching the 2°C Target: Technological Requirements, Economic Costs and Policies

CEPS Policy Briefs

15 Pages Posted: 22 May 2009

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Henry Neufeldt

University of East Anglia (UEA) - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

Detlef P. van Vuuren

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Bilthoven)

Morna Isaac

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Bilthoven)

Brigitte Knopf

Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)

Ottmar Edenhofer

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC); Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

Wolfgang Schade

Fraunhofer Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung

Eberhard Jochem

ETH Zürich

Frans Berkhout

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: May 15, 2009

Abstract

This policy brief builds on results arising from the mitigation and policy appraisal research domains of the ADAM project (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy). Funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK, ADAM is an integrated research project running from 2006 to 2009 that will lead to a better understanding of the trade-offs and conflicts that exist between adaptation and mitigation policies. This multi-authored report addresses questions surrounding the European Union’s proclaimed goal to stabilise the global mean temperature at less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

Keywords: Climate Change

Suggested Citation

Neufeldt, Henry and van Vuuren, Detlef P. and Isaac, Morna and Knopf, Brigitte and Edenhofer, Ottmar and Schade, Wolfgang KE and Jochem, Eberhard and Berkhout, Frans, Reaching the 2°C Target: Technological Requirements, Economic Costs and Policies (May 15, 2009). CEPS Policy Briefs , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1406470

Henry Neufeldt (Contact Author)

University of East Anglia (UEA) - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research ( email )

Norwich, Norfolk
United Kingdom

Detlef P. Van Vuuren

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Bilthoven)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
Bilthoven, 3721 MA
Netherlands

Morna Isaac

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Bilthoven)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
Bilthoven, 3721 MA
Netherlands

Brigitte Knopf

Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) ( email )

Torgauer Straße 12-15
Berlin, 10829
Germany

Ottmar Edenhofer

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) ( email )

P.O. Box 601203
14412 Potsdam, Brandenburg
Germany

Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)

Torgauer Straße 12-15
Berlin, 10829
Germany

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

Straße des 17
Juni 135
Berlin, 10623
Germany

Wolfgang KE Schade

Fraunhofer Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung ( email )

Breslauer Str. 48
Karlsruhe, 76139
Germany
00497216809353 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/isi-en/n/mitarbeiter/ws.php

Eberhard Jochem

ETH Zürich ( email )

Zürichbergstrasse 18
8092 Zurich, CH-1015
Switzerland

Frans Berkhout

affiliation not provided to SSRN