Agriculture and forestry in the EU’s 2030 climate target

Runge-Metzger, Artur; Wehrheim, Peter

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“…Research shows that there is a need for a governance framework to ensure that Member States contribute to the EU-level target [6], [7]. Implementation of climate actions and reaching the set EU targets have important impacts on the overall energy system operation [8], [9], environment [10], and economics [11] as well as on the specific subsectors [12]- [14] which need to be considered.…”

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Cost-Optimal Policy Strategies for Reaching Energy Efficiency Targets and Carbon Neutrality

Pakere,

Freimanis,

Alena-Ozolina

et al. 2023

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The TIMES Latvia optimization model was developed to evaluate cost-effective pathways for reaching energy efficiency targets in 2030 and carbon neutrality in the Latvian economy by 2050. The model includes both the end-use sectors such as transport, buildings, industry and agriculture and the energy sector, with a well-developed database of existing and future RES and storage technologies. The modelling framework allows to identify the cost-optimal future energy mix by considering the electrification potential of each sector. Therefore, it allows the analysing of the impact of different policy strategies on sectoral integration levels and the necessity for additional energy storage capacities. The results show that one of the optimal solutions for reaching the energy efficiency targets in 2030 is the wide expansion of heat pump utilization merged with ambitious building renovation policy to increase energy efficiency. The building heat supply transformation also brings higher power consumption and interacts with the wider utilization of wind power. Alternative pathway could rely on increased solar power installation for self-consumption coverage which shows lower costs than building energy efficiency increase.

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Cost-Optimal Policy Strategies for Reaching Energy Efficiency Targets and Carbon Neutrality

Pakere,

Freimanis,

Alena-Ozolina

et al. 2023

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Emission Trading System and Forest: Learning from the Experience of New Zealand

Rontard

Hernández

2021

Springer Climate

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In the area of international policy to mitigate climate change, the forest has been important in achieving the objectives of liable countries. The Emissions Trading System in New Zealand (NZ ETS) is the only case of an ETS integrating forestry as a mandatory actor. This is the result of prolonged political discussions and the characteristics of New Zealand forestry. Forest landowners are liable to surrender allowances for deforestation and can potentially receive allowances for the level of carbon sequestered. This scheme created new opportunities for forestry activities and impacted the decision-making trade-offs related to land-use changes. In Mexico, the implementation of an Emissions Trading System in 2020 is evidence of the country’s commitment to controlling domestic emissions under the Paris Agreement. Nevertheless, for now, the forestry sector is not involved as a liable actor. It is possible to envision the integration of the forest sector because of the extensive forest cover in the country, which provides a livelihood for a large part of the population. Mexico has the experience and institutional framework to integrate forestry into national emission accounting and carbon forest projects in the voluntary market. The potential impacts of this integration are both positive and negative. Environmental impacts are positive because forest areas can help mitigate emissions, but intensive carbon farming disrupts native forests and biodiversity. The economic impacts would be highly favorable for forest landowners if market volatility were controlled, but there is a potential loss of public revenue for the State. Finally, carbon forestry has the potential to cause conflict between economic sectors involved in land use and among participating communities.

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Agriculture and forestry in the EU’s 2030 climate target

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Cost-Optimal Policy Strategies for Reaching Energy Efficiency Targets and Carbon Neutrality

Cost-Optimal Policy Strategies for Reaching Energy Efficiency Targets and Carbon Neutrality

Emission Trading System and Forest: Learning from the Experience of New Zealand

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