A5025087013- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Iron and Steelmaking Processes
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Canadian Policy and Governance
- Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Catalysts for Methane Reforming
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Regional Development and Policy
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Global trade and economics
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales
2016-2023
Columbia University
2023
Simon Fraser University
2006-2021
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
2019-2020
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2006
Centre international de recherche sur l’environnement et le développement
2006
Fully decarbonizing global industry is essential to achieving climate stabilization, and reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050–2070 necessary limit warming 2 °C. This paper assembles evaluates technical policy interventions, both on the supply side demand side. It identifies measures that, employed together, can achieve industrial in required timeframe. Key supply-side technologies include energy efficiency (especially at system level), carbon capture, electrification,...
Abstract Energy modelling is the process of using mathematical models to develop abstractions and then seek insights into future energy systems. It can be an abstract academic activity. Or, it insert threads that influence our development. We argue therefore, provides policy support (EMoPS) should not only grounded in rigorous analytics, but also good governance principles. As, together with other actions, accountable. Almost all aspects society much its impact on environment are influenced...
Energy modelling can assist national decision makers in determining strategies that achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, three key challenges for the community are emerging under this radical climate target needs to be recognized and addressed. A first challenge is need represent new mitigation options not currently represented many energy models. We emphasize here representation of end-use sector demand-side due traditional supply side focus models, along with issues...
The target of zero emissions sets a new standard for industry and industrial policy. Industrial policy in the twenty-first century must aim to achieve energy intensive industries. Sectors such as steel, cement, chemicals have so far largely been sheltered from effects climate A major shift is needed, contemporary that mainly protects strategies transform industry. For this purpose, we draw on wide range literatures including engineering, economics, policy, governance, innovation studies...
After nearly two decades of debate and fundamental disagreement, top-down bottom-up energy-economy modelers, sometimes referred to as modeling ‘tribes’, began engage in productive dialogue the mid-1990s (IPCC 2001). From this methodological conversation have emerged approaches that offer a hybrid perspectives. Yet, while individual publications over past decade described efforts at modeling, there has not yet been systematic assessment their prospects challenges. To end, several research...
Constraining global average temperatures to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels will probably require energy system emissions be halved by 2050 and complete decarbonization 2100. In the nationally orientated climate policy framework codified under Paris Agreement, each nation must decide scale method of their reduction contribution while remaining consistent with carbon budget. This process engagement amongst a wide range stakeholders who have very different visions for physical implementation...
The objective implicit in the Paris Agreement, net-zero emissions around mid-century, has transformed debate about heavy industry decarbonisation. Prior to Paris, iron and steel, cement concrete, chemicals, other materials sectors were expected reduce absolute by perhaps half 2050, through measures like energy efficiency, biofuels carbon capture storage. Global means that these industries face far deeper transformation potentially costly offsetting. It is also becoming clear, however, very...
The production of iron and steel is one the largest global sources industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. South Africa (SA) could competitively export near-zero embodied GHG primary to steelmakers in leading decarbonizing markets. A green process substitutes hydrogen for coke as ore reductant. SA plant would enjoy most its competitive cost advantage from produced using very low-cost solar photovoltaic electricity. In import markets, European Union (EU) an example, use imported increase...
Interest groups and experts debate the cost of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, policy-makers do not know whom to believe. The confusion stems from differing definitions costs divergent assumptions about key uncertainties, especially role policy in influencing long-run evolution technologies consumer preferences. Analysis could be more helpful by combining technological explicitness with behavioral realism hybrid models. With such a model, we demonstrate how GHG reduction estimates vary...
International climate policy discussions have fundamentally changed since the fifteenth Conference of Parties (COP 15) in Copenhagen. Before, debate was organized around short-term, increme...
Working with in-country modelling teams and models, targeting net-zero CO2 emissions by later this century, using decomposition driver analysis, we develop low cement steel scenarios linked to usable policy levers for Brazil, India, South Africa. We find significant mitigation potential from a 'current policy' scenario on the demand side (13–26%) production (58–71%), but these countries' substantial needs more basic infrastructure – thus inputs indicate will remain very challenging....
Most energy-economy policy models offered to makers are deficient in terms of at least one technological explicitness, microeconomic realism, or macroeconomic completeness. We herein describe CIMS, a model which starts with the explicitness “bottom-up” approach and adds realism completeness “topdown” CGE approach. This paper demonstrates CIMS’ direct utility for analysis, also how it can be used better estimate long run capital-forenergy substitution elasticity (ESUB) autonomous energy...
Energy models are essential for the development of national or regional deep decarbonization pathways (DDPs), providing necessary analytical framework to systematically explore system transitions that required. However, this is challenging due long time horizon, numerous data requirements and need transparent, credible approaches can provide insights into complex transitions.This article explores how challenge has been met date, based on a review literature experiences practitioners, drawing...