Publication

This brief focuses on four issues relevant to the nexus between climate change and the electricity sector in the EU. The authors first elaborate on the impacts of climate change on the European electricity sector. They then focus on policy options to facilitate the transition of the electricity sector towards a well-adapted, carbon-lean electricity system. Thirdly, an assessment of technologies and technological change shows that the electricity sector could contribute more to the greenhouse gas reduction target if the most cost-effective options were addressed. Finally, European choices in a global context are analyzed.