February 20, 2021 Journal article Open Access

Calculation of Paris-Compatible Emission Paths with the ESPM Using the Example of the EU

Wiegand, Daniel; Sargl, Manfred; Doerenbruch, Kerstin; Wittmann, Günter; Wolfsteiner, Andreas

The Extended Smooth Pathway Model (ESPM) presented here provides a framework for allocating a global CO₂ budget to countries and deriving national emission paths. Exemplary emission targets are shown for the EU. The derivation of Paris-compatible emission paths, however, requires science-based political decisions about the global budget, its distribution, the potential for future net negative emissions and the course of national emission paths.

Additional material::

• Brief description of the ESPM
• Update of the article in the journal Wirtschaftsdienst
• Detailed working paper
• Comprehensive mathematical description of the RM Scenario Types 1 - 6
• Excel tool for calculating the exemplary results in the journal article