Work structure

We will organise frequent Co-creation Workshops with stakeholders in the EU and China throughout the project to analyse promising technology and policy options, assess EU and China pathways for achieving their respective climate targets, and explore socio-economic implications.

The project will assess promising low-emission technology options for the decarbonisation of emission-intensive industries through (i) solid multi-criteria analysis (WP3) and the newest GHG emission datasets (WP2) and; (ii) deep dives into pilots of selected sector-specific (steel, chemicals) and cross-sectoral technologies such as industrial waste heat utilisation by assessing existing pilots or co-implementing demonstration projects with industrial stakeholders and experts (WP3). The scaling-up paths of these technology options will be co-developed with relevant stakeholders using detailed bottom-up, detailed modelling (WP3) combined with multi-level policy and governance analysis (WP4). 

An advanced modelling framework that is already firmly embedded into the political decision-making process in the EU and China will be further developed (WP5), integrating a set of state-of-art models with a broad sectoral, technology, and geographic coverage, reflecting state-of-the-art GHG and short-lived climate pollutants emission data (WP2), and integrating up-to-date representation of technologies and policies for emission-intensive industries (WP3 and WP4). 

Net-zero emission pathways in the EU and China (WP6) will be co-created with stakeholders using the enhanced modelling framework (WP5), taking into account the technology roadmaps (WP3) and policy/governance analysis (WP4). Beyond the individual pathways of the two regions, the implications of EU and China decarbonisation on global trade, commodity markets, and climate action in other regions, as well as possible EU-China coordination and cooperation, will be analysed using the modelling frameworks (WP6) and global policy and governance analysis (WP4). 

Model developments, new data sources and emissions data gathered by the European and Chinese consortiums will be transparently documented in open-access knowledge exchange platforms, online databases, and open-access publications (WP7).