Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Pathways and Evaluation of the Robustness of Mitigation Cost Estimates

Objective

Climate policy needs to aim at ambitious long-term climate stabilization. This will require managing the transition from carbon intensive to low carbon economies within this century. Research on mitigation pathways to a low carbon society and the associated mitigation costs is indispensable for informing policy makers. The project AMPERE is aiming for a broad exploration of mitigation pathways and associated mitigation costs under various real world limitations, while at the same time generating a better understanding about the differences across models, and the relation to historical trends. Uncertainties about the costs of mitigation originate from the entire causal chain ranging from economic activity, to emissions and related technologies, and the response of the carbon cycle and climate system to greenhouse gas emissions. AMPERE will use a sizable ensemble of state-of-the-art energy-economy and integrated assessment models to analyse mitigation pathways and associated mitigation costs in a series of multi-model intercomparisons. It will focus on four central areas: (i) The role of uncertainty about the climate response to anthropogenic forcing on the remaining carbon budget for supplying societies around the globe with energy, (ii) the role of technology availability, innovation and myopia in the energy sector, (iii) the role of policy imperfections like limited regional or sectoral participation in climate policy regimes, and (iv) the implications for decarbonisation scenarios and policies for Europe.

Field of science

• /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/gas
• /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2010.1.1.6-3 - Quantifying the costs of mitigating climate change by means of activities involving joint climate and economic modelling

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2010
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Funding Scheme

CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project

Coordinator

POTSDAM INSTITUT FUER KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG

Address

Telegrafenberg 31
14473 Potsdam
Germany

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 574 282,50

Administrative Contact

Frauke Haneberg (Ms.)

Participants (21)

ENERDATA SA

Participation ended

France

Address

Avenue Alsace Lorraine 47
38000 Grenoble

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Alban Kitous (Mr.)

INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE

Austria

EU contribution

€ 485 980

Address

Schlossplatz 1
2361 Laxenburg

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Monica Manchanda (Ms.)

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 331 008

Address

Heidelberglaan 8
3584 CS Utrecht

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Bas R. Leeflang (Dr.)

FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI

Italy

EU contribution

€ 288 000

Address

Corso Magenta 63
20123 Milano

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Monica Eberle (Ms.)

INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Greece

EU contribution

€ 161 500

Address

Patission Str. 42
10682 Athina

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Pantelis Capros (Prof.)

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 54 680

Address

Place Du Congres 1
1000 Bruxelles

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Sally Scott (Ms.)

SOCIETE DE MATHEMATIQUES APPLIQUEES ET DE SCIENCES HUMAINES

France

EU contribution

€ 135 000

Address

22 Rue De Cherbourg
75015 Paris

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Jean Pierre Mailles (Mr.)

PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 135 000

Address

Forschungstrasse 111
5232 Villigen Psi

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Irene Walthert (Ms.)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

EU contribution

€ 85 520

Address

Rue Michel Ange 3
75794 Paris

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Jean-Xavier Boucherle (Dr.)

ENERDATA SAS

France

EU contribution

€ 85 569,75

Address

Avenue Alsace Lorraine 47
38000 Grenoble

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Alban Kitous (Mr.)

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 125 992

Address

Rue De La Loi 200
1049 Brussels

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Vincenzo Cardarelli (Mr.)

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART

Germany

EU contribution

€ 134 990

Address

Keplerstrasse 7
70174 Stuttgart

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Sven Stelzner (Mr.)

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

EU contribution

€ 106 860

Address

Karlsplatz 13
1040 Wien

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Gustav Resch (Dr.)

MINISTERIE VAN ECONOMISCHE ZAKEN EN KLIMAAT

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 80 976,30

Address

Bezuidenhoutseweg 73
2595 AC The Hague

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Nico Van Leeuwen (Mr.)

UNIVERSITE PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE

France

EU contribution

€ 99 000

Address

Place Du Pantheon 12
75231 Paris

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Frédérique Baudier (Ms.)

MET OFFICE

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 75 000

Address

Fitzroy Road
EX1 3PB Exeter

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Paul Van Der Linden (Mr.)

CLIMATE ANALYTICS GMBH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 119 130

Address

Ritterstrasse 3
10969 Berlin

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Henrike Doebert (Ms.)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Japan

Address

Onogawa 16 2
305 8506 Tsukuba

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Shuichi Ashina (Dr.)

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH

Japan

Address

Kizugawadai 9-2
6190292 Kizugawa-shi

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Keigo Akimoto (Dr.)

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

China

EU contribution

€ 35 001

Address

Guohong Mansion Tower B Apt 11A
100038 Beijing

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Kejun Jiang (Dr.)

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

India

EU contribution

€ 36 000

Address

Vastrapur
380 015 Ahmedabad

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Priyadarshi Shukla (Prof.)