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Project Code [CCAC202002]
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Project title
Modelling Ireland�s path to a net-zero energy system: Informing carbon budgets to 2050
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University College Cork (UCC)
Project Abstract
As Ireland adopts a legally-binding target to decarbonise by 2050, setting in place a sound evidence base to decarbonisation trajectories is essential. The Fellow will play a key role in this process with the Climate Change Advisory Council in its mandate to advise government on 5-year carbon budgets. The senior researcher will be based in UCC�s MaREI Energy Policy and Modelling Group, working closely with the team who builds and runs the Irish TIMES whole-energy-system model, and translate model results into policy insights on behalf of the Climate Council. The Fellow will explore the range of possible decarbonisation trajectories under different assumptions on technology costs and future energy demands (for example, low mobility scenarios) to analyse the robustness and sensitivity of technology pathways, including a key focus on negative emissions technologies (NETs). The Fellow will also help identify the gap between existing policies and scenarios consistent with a decarbonised energy system. Finally, the Fellow will communicate the model�s inputs, operation and insights to a broad policy and public audience to facilitate civic understanding of energy systems modelling�s role in the evidence base for carbon budgets
Grant Approved
�180,000.00
Research Theme
Climate Solutions, Transition Management and Opportunities
Initial Projected Completion Date
03/01/2023