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Pursuing energy independence will hardly mitigate climate change
http://hims.uva.nl/news/content/2016/06/pursuing-energy-independence-will-hardly-mitigate-climate-change.html[font face=Serif][font size=5]Pursuing energy independence will hardly mitigate climate change[/font]
6 June 2016
[font size=4]Although cutting carbon dioxide emissions can lead to energy security benefits, such as reducing energy imports, pursuing energy independence will not equivalently reduce emissions, reports a paper published online this week in Nature Energy. An international research team including professor Bob van der Zwaan of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences concludes that emissions reductions targets are unlikely to be achieved by solely pursuing policies that make nations more energy-independent.[/font]
[font size=3]The researchers analysed the links between energy security and climate change policies by employing a series of state-of-the-art global energy-economy models. They assessed the impact of energy independence policies on emissions, the likely changes that energy independence or climate policies will have on the energy system, and the comparative costs of implementing either.
The results show that combatting climate change will lead to lower energy imports, but that ensuring energy independence will lead to only modest (2–15%) cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The researchers also find that constraining energy imports would cut fossil fuel use and energy demand, but may not universally increase the use of renewables.
[font size=4]Joint policy development needed[/font]
'This study refutes the idea that a policy focusing on energy independence more or less automatically results in sufficient reduction of greenhouse gases', says Bob van der Zwaan who is professor of Sustainable Energy Technoloy at the UvA and participates in the UvA research priority area Sustainable Chemistry. A core objective of his academic analyses is to advise governments and international organisations on the transition of energy systems towards 'low-carbon options' that mitigate climate change. As a senior researcher at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Van der Zwaan leads the research with the global energy-climate-economy model TIAM-ECN that contributed substantially to the study now published in Nature Energy.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.736 June 2016
[font size=4]Although cutting carbon dioxide emissions can lead to energy security benefits, such as reducing energy imports, pursuing energy independence will not equivalently reduce emissions, reports a paper published online this week in Nature Energy. An international research team including professor Bob van der Zwaan of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences concludes that emissions reductions targets are unlikely to be achieved by solely pursuing policies that make nations more energy-independent.[/font]
[font size=3]The researchers analysed the links between energy security and climate change policies by employing a series of state-of-the-art global energy-economy models. They assessed the impact of energy independence policies on emissions, the likely changes that energy independence or climate policies will have on the energy system, and the comparative costs of implementing either.
The results show that combatting climate change will lead to lower energy imports, but that ensuring energy independence will lead to only modest (2–15%) cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The researchers also find that constraining energy imports would cut fossil fuel use and energy demand, but may not universally increase the use of renewables.
[font size=4]Joint policy development needed[/font]
'This study refutes the idea that a policy focusing on energy independence more or less automatically results in sufficient reduction of greenhouse gases', says Bob van der Zwaan who is professor of Sustainable Energy Technoloy at the UvA and participates in the UvA research priority area Sustainable Chemistry. A core objective of his academic analyses is to advise governments and international organisations on the transition of energy systems towards 'low-carbon options' that mitigate climate change. As a senior researcher at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Van der Zwaan leads the research with the global energy-climate-economy model TIAM-ECN that contributed substantially to the study now published in Nature Energy.
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