TY - BOOK
T1 - Net zero society: scenarios and pathways
T2 - How could societal changes affect the path to net zero?
AU - Bermingham, Rowena
AU - Snape, Jack
AU - Wells, Tom
AU - Ballard, Heather
AU - Blackbourn, Helen
AU - Grassmann, Nina
AU - Nicol, Cara
AU - Sharmina, Maria
AU - Taylor, Mattie
AU - White, Emily
PY - 2023/4/6
Y1 - 2023/4/6
N2 - The UK is committed to reaching net zero by 2050. Future societal norms and behaviours will have a significant impact on how emissions are reduced, but they are also highly uncertain. Society in 2050 is likely to be very different from today. Testing against a wider set of assumptions about how society could look should make the UK’s net zero strategy more resilient and ready to address risks and opportunities as they arise. This report shows that if society changed in ways that reduce demand for energy, the energy system costs of a scenario meeting net zero could be lower by 2% of GDP than a baseline case where the UK fails to meet net zero. There are also risks and costs associated with scenarios with higher levels of energy demand, which should be planned for.
AB - The UK is committed to reaching net zero by 2050. Future societal norms and behaviours will have a significant impact on how emissions are reduced, but they are also highly uncertain. Society in 2050 is likely to be very different from today. Testing against a wider set of assumptions about how society could look should make the UK’s net zero strategy more resilient and ready to address risks and opportunities as they arise. This report shows that if society changed in ways that reduce demand for energy, the energy system costs of a scenario meeting net zero could be lower by 2% of GDP than a baseline case where the UK fails to meet net zero. There are also risks and costs associated with scenarios with higher levels of energy demand, which should be planned for.
UR - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-society-scenarios-and-pathways--2
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - Net zero society: scenarios and pathways
PB - Government Office for Science
CY - Foresight report
ER -