Demand-side policies can significantly reduce emissions from energy use in buildings and transport
Journal article, 2025
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.
Author
Rik van Heerden
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Oreane Y. Edelenbosch
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Utrecht University
Vassilis Daioglou
Utrecht University
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Thomas Le Gallic
SMASH CIRED
CIRED
Luiz Bernardo Baptista
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Alice Di Bella
CMCC Foundation
Polytechnic University of Milan
Francesco Pietro Colelli
Ca Foscari Univ
CMCC Foundation
Johannes Emmerling
CMCC Foundation
Panagiotis Fragkos
E3-Modelling
Robin Hasse
Technische Universität Berlin
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Johanna Hoppe
Technische Universität Berlin
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Paul Kishimoto
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Florian Leblanc
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Julien Lefevre
AgroParisTech
Gunnar Luderer
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Giacomo Marangoni
CMCC Foundation
Delft University of Technology
Alessio Mastrucci
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Hazel Pettifor
University of Oxford
Robert Pietzcker
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Pedro Rochedo
Khalifa University
Bas van Ruijven
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Roberto Schaeffer
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Charlie Wilson
University of Oxford
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Sonia Yeh
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Eleftheria Zisarou
E3-Modelling
Detlef van Vuuren
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Utrecht University
Nature Energy
20587546 (eISSN)
Vol. In PressNext generation of AdVanced InteGrated Assessment modelling to support climaTE policy making (Navigate)
European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/821124), 2019-09-01 -- 2023-08-31.
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Energy Systems
DOI
10.1038/s41560-025-01721-z