Sitra's Senior Advisor Oras Tynkkynen presented the results from a joint study at the Nordregio forum in Helsinki on 23 November 2016. The study was made with a coalition containing the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra in Finland, the Climate and Air Pollution Group KoL of the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) in Norway, Concito in Denmark, Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden and the University of Iceland Institute for Sustainability Studies in Iceland.

1. Nordic Green to Scale –
Low-Carbon Success Stories
to Inspire the World
#GreenToScale

2. How much can we reduce emissions globally if comparable countries
achieve by 2030 what some have already achieved today
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How far can we go with what we already have?

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Global Green to Scale study: –12 Gt by 2030
• Sitra worked with institutions from 10 countries
• Analysis was carried out by Ecofys
• Results were released in DC in November 2015
• The study covers 17 existing solutions from both
the global North and the South
• Key results
• 12 Gt emission reduction by 2030 possible – equal
to about 1/4 of current global emissions
• costs at most $94 billion – less than 1/5 of direct
fossil fuel subsidies
• All material available at www.greentoscale.net

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Nordic follow-up project: 15 Nordic solutions
• Sitra partnered with institutions from other
Nordic countries
• Concito, Denmark
• Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
• University of Iceland Institute for Sustainability
Studies, Iceland
• Analysis carried out by Center for International
Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO)
• Funding kindly provided by the Nordic Council
of Ministers (NCM)
• Released in Marrakech, next confirmed events
on Dec 14th in Oslo and Feb 7th in Brussels

5. #GreenToScale

6. Solutions available for all sectors

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Solutions represent a wide range

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Some solutions actually save money

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Scaling up solutions is affordable

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Climate solutions provide multiple co-benefits

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Cycling in cities

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Combined heat and power production

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Geothermal power

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Electric vehicles

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Residential heat pumps

16. Project partners selected the solutions based on four criteria: 1) Nordic
distinctiveness, 2) proven climate impact, 3) analysis feasibility, 4)
scalability. There are many more existing Nordic low-carbon solutions.
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How were the solutions selected?

17. • Various proven, attractive and affordable low-carbon solutions
clearly exist
• They are held back by various barriers, such as
1. required up-front investment
2. fossil fuel subsidies and low energy prices
3. lack of awareness and public opposition
4. negative social or environmental impacts, if planned or
implemented poorly
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Why are we not doing it already?

18. • Barriers can be removed, as shown by Nordic and other countries
• Countries can remove barriers by introducing
1. incentives to reduce emissions through e.g. pricing carbon
2. mandates and norms
3. clear targets and a predictable regulatory environment
4. information and awareness campaigns
5. social and environmental safeguards
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We can learn from successes in removing barriers

19. Thank you
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