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Add 2020/2025/2050 goals for Xdeg warming #155

Closed corradio closed 7 years ago

corradio commented 7 years ago

@brunolajoie I think this is an easy one and could bring a lot of value. Do you have any knowledge of targets set by EU?

brunolajoie commented 7 years ago

There's no "°C target" for EU alone, it's only global and for 2100: 2°C max, 1.5°C prefferably. As for EU, relevant climate targets are:

corradio commented 7 years ago

Isn't there any targets set in terms of gCO2/kWh? I think I saw it somewhere.

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Bruno Lajoie notifications@github.com wrote:

There's no "°C target" for EU alone, it's only global and for 2100: 2°C max, 1.5°C prefferably. As for EU, relevant climate targets are:

  • 2020: 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions compared with 1990 levels
  • 2030: 40% cut
  • 2050: 80-95% cut

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brunolajoie commented 7 years ago

@ThierryOllivero ?

ThierryOllivero commented 7 years ago

Nope, never seen targets set as gCO2/kWh. But I can look for it.

corradio commented 7 years ago

Who can we ask?

brunolajoie commented 7 years ago

The Shift Project or other think tanks? Interesting related article here : http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/overview-of-the-electricity-production-2/assessment -->it says, "No Targets have been identified" but i don't know if I read it well. Seems like there are no CO2/kWh official targets

tezellis commented 7 years ago

I have not seen any consolidated set of CO2/kWh targets anywhere either, certainly not formal targets. I suspect there will be some individual country projections (I know of some for the UK). One potential option is to look at the projected energy mix for those years (which is more likely to be available for all of the EU) and then calculate the inferred CO2/kWh from those mixes.

corradio commented 7 years ago

@brunolajoie can you take the lead on this one?

brunolajoie commented 7 years ago

As far as I've seen, there are no mandatory targets for GHG intensity of electricity per country in Europe.

There are only Renewable Targets, which cannot translate into GHG intensity of electricity. I'm closing this issue as I don't think we can show such targets on the EMap for all its countries. It could be done in a case by case basis, if some country volontarily give themself such targets.