WEC energy policy scenarios to 2050

At the World Energy Congress held in Sydney in September 2004, the World Energy Council (WEC) decided—in a follow-up to the scenario work Global Energy Perspectives last produced in 1998—to draw up new global energy scenarios for the period up to the year 2050. Three fundamental changes were resolve...

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Published inEnergy policy Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 2464 - 2470
Main Author Schiffer, Hans-Wilhelm
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2008
Elsevier
Elsevier Science Ltd
SeriesEnergy Policy
Subjects
Applied sciences
Atmospheric pollution
Climate change
Climate policy necessities
Combustion and energy production
Cost-efficient climate protection
Economic data
Economic forecasts
Energy
Energy economics
Energy policy
Energy resources
Environmental impact studies
Exact sciences and technology
General, economic and professional studies
Global energy perspectives
International cooperation
Pollution
Pollution sources. Measurement results
Power demand
Sustainable development
World economy
World Energy Council
World
Global energy perspectives
Climate policy necessities
Cost-efficient climate protection
Script
Power production
Pollution control
Pollution prevention
Carbon dioxide
CO2 sequestration
Energy policy
Wasteless technology
Pollutant emission
Long term
Nuclear energy
Renewable energy
Energy conservation
Energy demand
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Summary:At the World Energy Congress held in Sydney in September 2004, the World Energy Council (WEC) decided—in a follow-up to the scenario work Global Energy Perspectives last produced in 1998—to draw up new global energy scenarios for the period up to the year 2050. Three fundamental changes were resolved, compared with previous work. Policy scenarios were to be worked out, bottom up, based on the specific knowledge of the WEC members from the various world regions. Second, plausible basic assumptions were to be made for the scenarios to gear them to the WEC's sustainability goals of accessibility, availability, and acceptability (the three As). Finally, the scenarios were to have a sufficiently long time horizon and contain clear recommendations for political measures designed to reach the outcomes aimed—at by 2050.
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ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.045