Demand-side policies can significantly reduce emissions from energy use in buildings and transport

Energy policy

Journal Article (2025)
Author(s)

Rik van Heerden (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving)

Oreane Y. Edelenbosch (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, Universiteit Utrecht)

Vassilis Daioglou (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, Universiteit Utrecht)

Thomas Le Gallic (Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CIRED))

Luiz Bernardo Baptista (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

Alice Di Bella (RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment, Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Politecnico di Milano)

Francesco Pietro Colelli (Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Ca' Foscari University Venice, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment)

Johannes Emmerling (RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment, Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici)

Giacomo Marangoni (TU Delft - Policy Analysis, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment, Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici)

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01721-z Final published version
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Publication Year
2025
Language
English
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Journal title
Nature Energy
Issue number
3
Volume number
10
Pages (from-to)
293-294
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Abstract

Large emission reductions in buildings and transport are possible by integrating demand-side strategies to electrify energy use, improve technological efficiency, and reduce or shift patterns of activity. With enabling policies and infrastructures, final energy users can make significant contributions to climate goals, particularly through widespread deployment of heat pumps and electric vehicles.

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