This book presents the energy system roadmaps necessary to limit global temperature increase to
below 2°C in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. It provides a unique
perspective on and critical understanding of the feasibility of a well-below-2°C world by
exploring energy system pathways technology innovations behaviour change and the
macro-economic impacts of achieving carbon neutrality by mid-century. The transformative
changes in the energy transition are explored using energy systems models and scenario analyses
that are applied to various cities countries and at a global scale to offer scientific
evidence to underpin complex policy decisions relating to climate change mitigation and
interrelated issues like energy security and the energy-water nexus. It includes several
chapters directly related to the Nationally Determined Contributions proposed in the context of
the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change.In summary the book collates a range of concrete
analyses at different scales from around the globe revisiting the roles of countries cities
and local communities in pathways to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make a
well-below-2°C world a reality.A valuable source of information for energy modellers in both
the industry and public sectors it provides a critical understanding of both the feasibility
of roadmaps to achieve a well-below-2°C world and the diversity and wide applications of
energy systems models. Encompassing behaviour changes technology innovations macro-economic
impacts and other environmental challenges such as water it is also of interest to energy
economists and engineers as well as economic modellers working in the field of climate change
mitigation.
