Keyßer, Lorenz T.; Lenzen, Manfred (2021): 1.5 °C degrowth scenarios suggest the need for new mitigation pathways
Keyßer, Lorenz T.; Lenzen, Manfred (2021): 1.5 °C degrowth scenarios suggest the need for new mitigation pathways. In Nat Comms 12 (1), p. 2676. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22884-9.
„As a first step to address this gap, this paper compares 1.5 °C degrowth scenarios with IPCC archetype scenarios, using a simplified quantitative representation of the fuel-energy-emissions nexus. Here we find that the degrowth scenarios minimize many key risks for feasibility and sustainability compared to technology-driven pathways, such as the reliance on high energy-GDP decoupling, large-scale carbon dioxide removal and large-scale and high-speed renewable energy transformation.“