Advance service-menu Contacts Privacy login Search form Search Main menu Activities Partners Outreach Publications Modelling resources You are here Home » Outreach ADVANCE key findings Limiting global mean warming to well below 2 °C or even 1.5 °C relative to pre-industrial levels requires a major transformation of the energy system. The ADVANCE project has analysed this mitigation challenge in detail, from the implications of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to decarbonisation bottlenecks in energy end-use sectors, taking into account both technological as well as behavioural emission reduction measures. Our key findings are: The implementation of the Paris Agreement initiates a low-carbon transition for major emitting countries but an intensification of global effort is still required in order to limit global warming to well below 2 °C. The 1.5 °C temperature target requires reductions in emissions from energy supply and demand as well as removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. Renewable energy from wind and solar power has great potential to produce environmentally friendly and economical electricity supply. Technological developments promoting efficiency, electrification and use of low-carbon fuels are the key to demand-side emission reductions. Policies influencing consumers’ attitudes will need to support the energy transformation. Policy findings from the ADVANCE project are documented in full extent in the project final report Deep Decarbonisation Towards 1.5 °C – 2 °C Stabilisation (first edition). Policy findings Scientific publications Stakeholder & expert dialogue Final Conference News and Media Deliverables The results contained in this website were produced within the ADVANCE project "Advanced Model Development and Validation for Improved Analysis of Costs and Impacts of Mitigation Policies" funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n° 308329 (ADVANCE). This website is the sole responsiblity of the ADVANCE Project and does not represent the opinion of the European Community nor is the European community responsible for any use that might be made of the data appearing herein.