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Published January 1, 2022 | Version v1
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A method to identify barriers to and enablers of implementing climate change mitigation options

Creators

  • 1. Univ Groningen, Fac Behav & Social Sci, Environm Psychol, Groningen, Netherlands
  • 2. Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Radboud Inst Biol & Environm Sci, Dept Environm Sci, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 3. Sci & Technol Res Council Turkey, TUBITAK, Ankara, Turkey
  • 4. Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Ctr Energy & Environm Econ Cenergia, COPPE, Energy Planning Program PPE, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
  • 5. Lund Univ, Dept Technol & Soc, Lund, Sweden
  • 6. Univ Tokyo, Inst Future Initiat, Tokyo, Japan
  • 7. Univ Aberdeen, Inst Biol & Environm Sci, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • 8. Imperial Coll London, Ctr Environm Policy, London, England
  • 9. Heriot Watt Univ, Res Ctr Carbon Solut, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • 10. Natl Observ Athens, Inst Environm Res & Sustainable Dev, Athens, Greece
  • 11. Univ Wisconsin, La Follette Sch Publ Affairs, Madison, WI USA
  • 12. NTNU, Ind Ecol Program, Torgarden, Norway
  • 13. European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr, Ispra, Italy
  • 14. Univ Lleida, GREiA Res Grp, Lleida, Spain
  • 15. IVL Swedish Environm Res Inst, Ostersund, Sweden
  • 16. Inst Klimaschutz Energie & Mobilitat IKEM, Berlin, Germany

Description

Mitigation option are not yet being implemented at the scale required to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C. Various factors have been identified that inhibit the implementation of specific mitigation options. Yet, an integrated assessment of key barriers and enablers is lacking. Here we present a comprehensive framework to assess which factors inhibit and enable the implementation of mitigation options. The framework comprises six dimensions, each encompassing different criteria: geophysical, environmental-ecological, technological, economic, sociocultural, and institutional feasibility. We demonstrate the approach by assessing to what extent each criterion and dimension affects the feasibility of six mitigation options. The assessment reveals that institutional factors inhibit the implementation of many options that need to be addressed to increase their feasibility. Of all the options assessed, many factors enable the implementation of solar energy, while only a few barriers would need to be addressed to implement solar energy at scale.

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