STRAPSETT 2040: Strategic Transition Pathways towards Sustainable Energy Technologies for Telangana: A Participatory Backcasting Approach

With the increasing Green House Gas emissions around the world, adoption of sustainable energy technologies is beginning to take a prominent role. As a part of its 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, India has been getting more ambitious in its targets for reducing the emissions intensity of GDP. Both at the central as well as state governments,...

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Energy Transition Within 1.5 ^oC: Backcasting Scenario for 100% Decarbonization of the Global Energy System by 2050

Limiting global temperature increase by 1.5 ̊C rather than 2 ̊C reduces the impacts of climate change significantly (Knutti et al., 2015; Schleussner et al., 2016). It requires a rigorous transition of the global energy system in a very short time span. Though, the published energy scenarios that focus on 1.5 ̊C are limited (Peters, 2016). In...