The Tyndall decarbonisation scenarios—Part II: Scenarios for a 60% CO 2 reduction in the UK

This paper describes the Tyndall decarbonisation scenarios, the first to take account of CO 2 emissions from the whole of the UK's energy system, including emissions from international shipping and aviation. It builds on Part I, which outlined the backcasting methodology developed to generate t...

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Published in:Energy policy 2008-10, Vol.36 (10), p.3764-3773
Main Authors: Anderson, Kevin L., Mander, Sarah L., Bows, Alice, Shackley, Simon, Agnolucci, Paolo, Ekins, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Backcasting
Carbon emissions
Energy policy
Energy resources
Energy scenarios
Energy utilization
United Kingdom
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Summary:This paper describes the Tyndall decarbonisation scenarios, the first to take account of CO 2 emissions from the whole of the UK's energy system, including emissions from international shipping and aviation. It builds on Part I, which outlined the backcasting methodology developed to generate the scenarios. The five scenarios produced through this process articulate alternative vision of a substantially decarbonised society in 2050, ranging from a halving of energy consumption from current levels to a near doubling. This work demonstrates that a 60% reduction in the UK's CO 2 emissions is achievable, even when all CO 2 sources are taken into account. The impacts and consequences of the scenarios were assessed by means of a multi-criteria framework which cautions us that the high energy demand scenarios will have a large impact on broader sustainability criteria.
ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.06.002