Colelli, F.P., Emmerling, J., Marangoni, G. et al. Increased energy use for adaptation significantly impacts mitigation pathways
Objective:
- Provide evidence on the macroeconomic implications of climate change impacts and analyze how price-induced substitution and income effects, as well as technical adjustments affect global and regional mitigation pathways
Case:
- Global countries
Methodology:
- IAM: WITCH
Data Source
- Emission
- Energy
- SSP
Findings:
- Adapting to climate change by means of the energy habits will increase the global demand for electricity by 7% and for fuels by 1% by 2050 under current trends and policy
