The Montreal Protocol is widely regarded as one of the most successful international environmental agreements. Despite its recognized success in fighting the ozone hole, there have been also some concerns related…
MONROE aims at developing a modelling toolkit that would allow a broad range of stakeholders such as European and national governments, academia, regional and local bodies to quantitatively evaluate the impacts of…
Exiting the carbon society requires a transition with respect to virtually all industrial processes and their associated products and services. Mistra Carbon Exit takes on this challenge by focusing on…
In 2014, The European Commission defined in different Communications its vision for climate and energy policies in the medium and long term, setting ambitious targets for 2030. In its Communication on a policy…
The dynamics of the European energy system is increasingly being shaped by regulatory interventions, the expansion of renewable energies and the interaction between all players of society. The broad range of…
The traffic sector represents a major source of pollutant emissions and of greenhouse gases in particular. As carbon emissions from transportation services are not covered by the European Emissions Trading Scheme…
Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from space heating are considered as key to achieving climate policy goals. National measures to increase energy efficiency and support diffusion of renewable energy…
With the Energy Transition, Germany has set itself the goal of transforming the current energy system into a largely CO2-free system based on renewable energy sources. Developing an economically feasible, …
BREATHE will analyse the interactions between urban form, economic welfare, energy use and emissions by households and firms. Increasing urban density and increasing city size tend to reduce households’ average…
Digital marketplaces and platforms are characterised by reduced costs for storing, searching for, and retrieving information. They also have low communication costs enabling remotely located partners to coordinate…
In the absence of a strong global agreement on climate protection, voluntary private contributions are crutial to slow down global warming. But how can such contributions be stimulated? The role of self-image …