TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Wiese, Frauke
A1  - Taillard, Nicolas
A1  - Balembois, Emile
A1  - Best, Benjamin
A1  - Bourgeois, Stephane
A1  - Campos, José
A1  - Cordroch, Luisa
A1  - Djelali, Mathilde
A1  - Gabert, Alexandre
A1  - Jacob, Adrien
A1  - Johnson, Elliott
A1  - Meyer, Sébastien
A1  - Munkácsy, Béla
A1  - Pagliano, Lorenzo
A1  - Quoilin, Sylvain
A1  - Roscetti, Andrea
A1  - Thema, Johannes
A1  - Thiran, Paolo
A1  - Toledano, Adrien
A1  - Vogel, Bendix
A1  - Zell-Ziegler, Carina
A1  - Marignac, Yves
T1  - The key role of sufficiency for low demand-based carbon neutrality and energy security across Europe
N2  - A detailed assessment of a low energy demand, 1.5 °C compatible pathway is provided for Europe from a bottom-up, country scale modelling perspective. The level of detail enables a clear representation of the potential of sufficiency measures. Results show that by 2050, 50% final energy demand reduction compared to 2019 is possible in Europe, with at least 40% of it attributable to various sufficiency measures across all sectors. This reduction enables a 77% renewable energy share in 2040 and 100% in 2050, with very limited need for imports from outside of Europe and no carbon sequestration technologies. Sufficiency enables increased fairness between countries through the convergence towards a more equitable share of energy service levels. Here we show, that without sufficiency measures, Europe misses the opportunity to transform energy demand leaving considerable pressure on supply side changes combined with unproven carbon removal technologies.
T2  - Nature communications
VL  - 15
Y1  - 2024
UN  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-86697
U6  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53393-0
DO  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53393-0
ER  -