Transitions pathways and risk analysis for climate change mitigation and adaption strategies

Project Information

TRANSrisk

Grant agreement ID: 642260

DOI

10.3030/642260

Project closed

EC signature date 12 May 2015

Start date 1 September 2015

End date 31 December 2018

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost

€ 7 974 242,50

EU contribution

€ 7 454 017,50

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (28)

Stakeholder mapping (as part of D2.4)

Stakeholder mapping (as part of D2.4)

Communication& dissemination plan

Communication dissemination plan

Report on Social Discourse Analyses and Social Network Analyses
Ethics Requirements

Methodology to recruit and identify research participants informed consent forms and sheets These documents need to be supplied to EASME by month 1 to comply with the ethics requirements

Public and expert opinions on the importance of climate policy risks
Implications of different mitigation portfolios based on stakeholder preferences
Updated stakeholder engagement plan
Review of key uncertainties and risks for climate policy
Report on investigating agency at firms and individual household levels, including method/model documentation and analytical findings
Public acceptance report
Toolboxes for adaptation and mitigation policy pathways
A final brief of 15 country case studies
Report on Innovation Dynamics in Transition Pathways
Quantitative appraisal of climate policy risks
Stakeholder mapping document
Report describing key characteristics of Innovation Policy Options
The damage of inaction: the economic implications of “tipping points”

The damage of inaction the economic implications of tipping points

Conclusions from the events at participating countries, the final conference in Brussels
Matrix of technological innovation systems selected for 15 cases studies

Matrix of technological innovation systems selected for 15 case studies

Report on the comparisons of transition pathways
Report on stakeholder engagement tools (as part of D2.4)

Report on stakeholder engagement tools as part of D24

Report on the Portfolio Analysis of the transition pathways
Context of 15 country case studies (as part of final brief D3.3)

Context of 15 country case studies as part of final brief D33

Report on complementarity of participatory, stakeholder engagement tools with quantitative tools

Report on complementarity of participatory stakeholder engagement tools with quantitative tools

Implications of different “heterodox” mitigation policies

Implications of different heterodox mitigation policies

Appraisal of economic uncertainties associated with climate policy
Multi-criteria consideration of risk and uncertainty for climate policy
Synergies and conflicts of different transition pathways

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Newsletters, scientific publications and presentations
Website created

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

To provide a first version of the Data Management Plan to support the data management life cycle for all data that will be collected processed or generated by the project The document will outline how research data will be handled during the project and after it is completed

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (22)

Evaluating consistency in environmental policy mixes through policy, stakeholder, and contextual interactions

Author(s): Lieu, Jenny; Spyridaki, Niki A.; Alvarez-Tinoco, Rocio; van der Gaast, Wytze; Tuerk, Andreas; van Vliet, Oscar
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 1, 2018, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000269934

A group decision making tool for assessing climate policy risks against multiple criteria

Author(s): Alexandros Nikas, Haris Doukas, Luis Martínez López
Published in: Heliyon, Issue 4/3, 2018, Page(s) e00588, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00588

The social profitability of photovoltaics in Germany

Author(s): Javier López Prol, Karl W. Steininger
Published in: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Issue 26/8, 2018, Page(s) 631-641, ISSN 1062-7995
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2988

Prospects for hydropower in Ethiopia: An energy-water nexus analysis

Author(s): Bob van der Zwaan, Agnese Boccalon, Francesco Dalla Longa
Published in: Energy Strategy Reviews, Issue 19, 2018, Page(s) 19-30, ISSN 2211-467X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2017.11.001

Do Kenya’s climate change mitigation ambitions necessitate large-scale renewable energy deployment and dedicated low-carbon energy policy?

Author(s): Francesco Dalla Longa, Bob van der Zwaan
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 113, 2017, Page(s) 1559-1568, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.06.026

The potential of behavioural change for climate change mitigation: a case study for the European Union

Author(s): Dirk-Jan van de Ven, Mikel González-Eguino, Iñaki Arto
Published in: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Issue 23/6, 2018, Page(s) 853-886, ISSN 1381-2386
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-017-9763-y

Implications of Switching Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Solar: A Case Study for the European Union

Author(s): Jon Sampedro, Iñaki Arto, Mikel González-Eguino
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 10/2, 2018, Page(s) 50, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su10010050

An integrated assessment of pathways for low-carbon development in Africa

Author(s): Bob van der Zwaan, Tom Kober, Francesco Dalla Longa, Anouk van der Laan, Gert Jan Kramer
Published in: Energy Policy, Issue 117, 2018, Page(s) 387-395, ISSN 0301-4215
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.03.017

Assessing the progress toward lower priced long range battery electric vehicles

Author(s): Björn Nykvist, Frances Sprei, Måns Nilsson
Published in: Energy Policy, Issue 124, 2019, Page(s) 144-155, ISSN 0301-4215
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.09.035

Managing stakeholder knowledge for the evaluation of innovation systems in the face of climate change

Author(s): Alexandros Nikas, Haris Doukas, Jenny Lieu, Rocío Alvarez Tinoco, Vasileios Charisopoulos, Wytze van der Gaast
Published in: Journal of Knowledge Management, Issue 21/5, 2017, Page(s) 1013-1034, ISSN 1367-3270
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1108/jkm-01-2017-0006

Risk-based analysis and policy implications for renewable energy investments in Greece

Author(s): Dimitrios Angelopoulos, Haris Doukas, John Psarras, Giorgos Stamtsis
Published in: Energy Policy, Issue 105, 2017, Page(s) 512-523, ISSN 0301-4215
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.02.048

Macroeconomic implications of switching to process-emission-free iron and steel production in Europe

Author(s): Jakob Mayer, Gabriel Bachner, Karl W. Steininger
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 210, 2019, Page(s) 1517-1533, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.118

Advancing Energy Access Modelling with Geographic Information System Data

Author(s): Francesco Dalla Longa, Teun Strikkers, Tom Kober, Bob van der Zwaan
Published in: Environmental Modeling & Assessment, Issue 23/6, 2018, Page(s) 627-637, ISSN 1420-2026
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-018-9627-1

Financial de-risking to unlock Africa's renewable energy potential

Author(s): Bart Sweerts, Francesco Dalla Longa, Bob van der Zwaan
Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue 102, 2019, Page(s) 75-82, ISSN 1364-0321
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.11.039

Energy efficiency promotion in Greece in light of risk: Evaluating policies as portfolio assets

Author(s): Aikaterini Forouli, Nikolaos Gkonis, Alexandros Nikas, Eleftherios Siskos, Haris Doukas, Christos Tourkolias
Published in: Energy, Issue 170, 2019, Page(s) 818-831, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.180

A semi-quantitative modelling application for assessing energy efficiency strategies

Author(s): Alexandros Nikas, Emmanouil Ntanos, Haris Doukas
Published in: Applied Soft Computing, Issue 76, 2019, Page(s) 140-155, ISSN 1568-4946
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2018.12.015

Decision support models in climate policy

Author(s): Haris Doukas, Alexandros Nikas
Published in: European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, ISSN 0377-2217
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2019.01.017

New Coal-Fired Plants Jeopardise Paris Agreement

Author(s): Mikel González-Eguino, Antxón Olabe, Teresa Ribera
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 9/2, 2017, Page(s) 168, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su9020168

Significant implications of permafrost thawing for climate change control

Author(s): Mikel González_Eguino; Marc B. Neumann
Published in: Climatic Change, Issue 136, 2016, Page(s) 381–388, ISSN 1573-1480
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1666-5

Mitigation implications of an ice_free summer in the Arctic Ocean

Author(s): Mikel González_Eguino; Marc B. Neumann; Iñaki Arto; Iñigo Capellán_Perez; Sérgio H. Faria
Published in: Earth’s Future, Issue 5, 2017, Page(s) 59-66, ISSN 2328-4277
Publisher: AGU Publications
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000429

Towards a green energy economy? Tracking the employment effects of low_carbon technologies in the European Union

Author(s): Anil Markandya; Iñaki Arto; Mikel González_Eguino; Maria V. Román
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 179, 2016, Page(s) 1342–1350, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.122

Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study

Author(s): Anil Markandya, Jon Sampedro, Steven J Smith, Rita Van Dingenen, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar, Iñaki Arto, Mikel González-Eguino
Published in: The Lancet Planetary Health, Issue 2/3, 2018, Page(s) e126-e133, ISSN 2542-5196
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30029-9

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Expert views on low-carbon transition strategies for the Dutch solar sector: A delay-based fuzzy cognitive mapping approach

Author(s): Alexandros Nikas, Haris Doukas, Wytze van der Gaast, Krisztina Szendrei
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 51/30, 2018, Page(s) 715-720, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.11.208

Monographic books (2)

Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions - Understanding Risks and Uncertainties

Author(s): Susanne Hanger-Kopp, Jenny Lieu, Alexandros Nikas
Published in: Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions, 2019, ISBN 9780-429458781
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.4324/9780429458781

Understanding Risks and Uncertainties in Energy and Climate Policy - Multidisciplinary Methods and Tools for a Low Carbon Society

Author(s): Doukas, Haris; Flamos, Alexandros; Lieu, Jenny
Published in: 2019, ISBN 978-3-030-03152-7
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03152-7

Book chapters (1)

Developing Robust Climate Policies: A Fuzzy Cognitive Map Approach

Author(s): Alexandros Nikas, Haris Doukas
Published in: Robustness Analysis in Decision Aiding, Optimization, and Analytics, 2016, Page(s) 239-263, ISBN 978-3-319-33121-8
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33121-8_11