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The Energy Modeling Forum (EMF)-30 inter-comparison study on short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) focused on black carbon (BC) and methane, two of the most important warming SLCFs. The potential impact on climate change of methane and BC-focused emission reductions in...

The first NAVIGATE stakeholder and expert workshop on “Robustness and legitimacy of models for climate policy assessment” took place online on 26-27 May 2020. European Union’s Horizon 2020 project NAVIGATE aims to develop the next generation of IAMs, and...

Dear Colleagues, The science is clear: Global greenhouse gas emissions must be divided in half by 2030 and reach net zero in the middle of the century if the goal of the Paris agreement is to be reached. Nonetheless,...

Comparing emissions scenarios is an essential part of mitigation analysis, as climate targets can be met in various ways with different economic, energy system and co-benefit implications. Typically, a central ‘reference scenario’ acts as a point of comparison, and...

Under the UN Paris Agreement, countries committed to limiting global warming to well below 2 °C and to actively pursue a 1.5 °C limit. Yet, according to the 2018 Economics Nobel laureate William Nordhaus, these targets are economically suboptimal or unattainable...

UN Climate Change’s Momentum for Change initiative has released a new interactive, online report, showcasing shining examples of diverse climate solutions from around the world. The report tells the stories of 15 winners of our 2019 UN Global Climate...

Guest Editors: Andrea N. Hahmann, Technical University of Denmark André F. P. Lucena, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Detlef P. van Vuuren, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Leon Clarke, University of Maryland (managing co-Editor in Chief) lclarke@umd.edu  ...

Dear Colleagues, The Special Issue on “Changes of Global Energy Systems“, which will be published in Energies (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies), aims at contributing to the energy policy dialogue by bringing forth scientific and multidisciplinary knowledge to explore, assess and validate analyses of...

Guest Editors Inês Azevedo, Stanford University Chris Bataille, IDDRI John Bistine, Electric Power Research Institute Steven Davis, UC Irvine Leon Clarke, University of Maryland (managing co-Editor in Chief) lclarke@umd.edu About this Special Issue Energy and Climate Change  is a new,...

Call for Papers The Coronavirus pandemic has triggered one of the most rapid changes in the global economy ever seen. Accompanied by almost worldwide restrictions on movement and behaviour this marks a true phenomenon of historic proportions. But what...