POLIMP - Climate Change Mitigation

POLIMP

The POLIMP project aimed at identifying, where knowledge gaps exist, of what future international climate policy directions may look like and what these imply for policy and decision makers internationally and within the EU. It is acknowledged that much information is already available for these stakeholders but the way the information is presented is often difficult to access, not in the right format or otherwise of limited use for stakeholders. POLIMP first identified what information about climate policy making and its implications is needed by the different stakeholder groups, then collected this information from various different sources and offered it to stakeholders in desired packages, in intuitively easy formats and clear language.

Project details

Project title: “Mobilising and transferring knowledge on post-2012 climate policy implications” (POLIMP)
Funding scheme: European Union Seventh Framework Programme (EU FP7, grant agreement no. 603847)
Duration: 3 years (1 May 2013 – 30 April 2016)
Project coordinator: JIN Climate and Sustainability, Groningen, Netherlands
Project website: www.polimp.eu

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The role of social acceptance in clean technology deployment

In the framework of the POLIMP project, a policy brief has been published on the role of social acceptance in the acceleration of clean technology deployment within the EU.

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Criteria to evaluate and compare climate policy scenarios

Policymakers and stakeholders need a manageable tool to reduce the complexity of different design options. The EU-funded POLIMP project has provided a practical criteria matrix to assist policy makers and relevant decision-makers in evaluating and comparing different proposals for the 2015 Agreement. Several important results of the analysis of Parties’ submissions are given.

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Financing Renewable Energy for Europe: The way forward

Renewable energy implementation has advantages but requires the harmonisation of the EU support scheme for renewable energy support policies that may eventually improve policy performance. In addition, cost-effective renewable energy policies require the involvement of all participating actors in the decision processes regarding modifications of support schemes.