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A method to identify barriers to and enablers of implementing climate change mitigation options

Steg, Linda ; Veldstra, Janet ; de Kleijne, Kiane ; Kılkış, Şiir ; Lucena, André F.P. ; Nilsson, Lars J. LU ; Sugiyama, Masahiro ; Smith, Pete ; Tavoni, Massimo and de Coninck, Heleen , et al. (2022) In One Earth 5(11). p.1216-1227
Abstract

Mitigation option are not yet being implemented at the scale required to limit global warming to well below 2°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... (More)

Mitigation option are not yet being implemented at the scale required to limit global warming to well below 2°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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barriers, climate change, enablers, feasibility, IPCC, mitigation options
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One Earth
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5
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11
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12 pages
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Cell Press
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2590-3330
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10.1016/j.oneear.2022.10.007
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English
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  author       = {{Steg, Linda and Veldstra, Janet and de Kleijne, Kiane and Kılkış, Şiir and Lucena, André F.P. and Nilsson, Lars J. and Sugiyama, Masahiro and Smith, Pete and Tavoni, Massimo and de Coninck, Heleen and van Diemen, Renée and Renforth, Phil and Mirasgedis, Sebastian and Nemet, Gregory and Görsch, Robert and Muri, Helene and Bertoldi, Paolo and Cabeza, Luisa F. and Mata, Érika and Novikova, Aleksandra and Caldas, Lucas R. and Chàfer, Marta and Khosla, Radhika and Vérez, David}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
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  pages        = {{1216--1227}},
  publisher    = {{Cell Press}},
  series       = {{One Earth}},
  title        = {{A method to identify barriers to and enablers of implementing climate change mitigation options}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.10.007}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.oneear.2022.10.007}},
  volume       = {{5}},
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