REDEM: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Pathways in the UNFCCC process up to 2025, for European Commission, DG Environment
The project aimed at combining the analytical and modelling capabilities of four leading groups in international climate policy analysis:
- the IEPE (F), with the POLES Partial Equilibrium Model for Energy to 2030 and the ASPEN software, as a coordinator and main contractor
- the E3MLab/ICCS (EL) and CES-KUL (B), with the GEM-E3-World General Equilibrium Model
- the RIVM (NL), with the IMAGE/TIMER and FAIR system as an Integrated Assessment Model with detailed Energy module up to 2100
The goal was to provide consistent analytical materials and model results, in order to support DG Environment in addressing the following questions:
- What is the “Global Gap” that will develop between the “policy and technical change as usual” or Reference Cases to 2025 and 2100 and the Alternative Cases that may respond to Article 2 of the UNFCCC?
- How may this gap be shared in practical terms of emission allowances for all countries/regions of the world for the 2013-2017 and 2018-2025 horizons i.e. in a perspective of integrating the Developing Countries to the emission reduction effort in the second and third Protocol commitment period?
- How to assess the alternative international emission allowances in a perspective that has to combine economic effectiveness and different principles of international equity, including ancillary benefits and implementation costs?
