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Klimatomställningens förenlighet med de svenska miljömålen

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Summary, in English

In this report potential synergies and conflicts between greenhouse gas mitigation and other environmental objectives (EOs) are studied. A starting point is taken in energy scenarios developed within the research programme LETS (www.lets2050.se). Environmental impacts appear in all steps of the energy chain, from land-use effects (both direct and indirect) of renewable energy extraction to emissions at end-use energy conversion. Of the studied energy alternatives, the greatest potential conflicts with other environmental objectives come from the utilisation of bioenergy. The conflict depends, however, on both the magnitude of the future expansion and the methods used for biomass production. Therefore, to allow a large scale expansion of biomass, the development of adequate policy instruments that govern land-use both nationally and globally will be essential. For wind power on the other hand, there seem to be no fundamental obstacles from the EO perspective to allow the amounts assumed in the studied scenarios although conflicts may be significant locally. Strategies for reducing energy use and transportation demand generally leads to less conflict with other EOs and give improved conditions for achieving all of them.

It is not possible today to guarantee that the presented mitigation scenarios are compatible with reaching other EOs as it depends on what methods and technologies that are used, the successful development of new technologies and the development in other sectors of society such as the food sector. It seems important that systems of governance are implemented on the adequate level (as close to the environmental impact as possible) in order to keep the development of the transport and energy systems within sustainable borders. These systems of governance have to be flexible enough to be able to react on new knowledge and new priorities within society.

Publishing year

2012

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Rapport

Document type

Report

Publisher

Miljö- och energisystem, LTH, Lunds universitet

Topic

  • Energy Systems

Keywords

  • Klimatomställning
  • miljömål
  • målkonflikter
  • styrningsutmaningar

Status

Published

Project

  • Governing transitions towards Low-Carbon Energy and Transport Systems for 2050

Report number

75

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-86961-01-5